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genderist

genderist noun: one who discriminates based on gender.

Noun

genderist (plural genderists)

  1. (rare) One who discriminates based on gender.
    • Although some opponents of Affirmative Action may be aversive racists/genderists, many others believe that it is morally wrong to consider at all a person's ethnicity or gender in decision making.2003, Bruce E. Kaufman, Richard A. Beaumont, Roy B. Helfgott, Industrial Relations to Human Resources and Beyond
  2. (rare) One who studies gender.
    • So while critical genderists avoid the labels of masculinities and feminist writing, queer theory provides an opportunity for research into gendered practices in music to be viewed through multiple and often contradictory lenses […]2010, Julie Ballantyne, Brydie-Leigh Bartleet, Navigating Music and Sound Education, page 80
  3. (derogatory, uncommon) One who believes in gender ideology, or does not support traditional gender roles.
    • The Feminist Movement, […] is split between two types of feminists: the equality feminists and the gender feminists. Those who demand equal rights, […] are the equality feminists, […] The others are the NOW type, […] the gender feminists, or genderists. This radical element attempts to remodel...2010, William Davis Eaton, Liberal Betrayal of America and the Tea Party Firestorm, ELDERBERRY PRESS, INC., →ISBN, page 47

Adjective

genderist

  1. Pertaining to or exhibiting genderism, a belief that gender is rigid, binary, and determined by sex.
    • To summarize, in a genderist culture, transgender identities are so highly invisible and marginalized, that "accessing" them is profoundly difficult.2007, Brent Laurence Bilodeau, Genderism: Transgender Students, Binary Systems and Higher Education
    • In the following sections, I separate out two major and salient themes of abuses against transgender victims: genderist and transphobic attacks.2019, Xavier L. Guadalupe-Diaz, Transgressed: Intimate Partner Violence in Transgender Lives, NYU Press, →ISBN, page 75

Forms of genderist

pluralgenderists

Origin of genderist

From gender + -ist.

Words formed from genderist

Questions about genderist

What does genderist mean?
Genderist means one who discriminates based on gender.
What part of speech is genderist?
Genderist can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of genderist?
The plural of genderist is genderists.

Words near genderist in the dictionary

  1. genderised
  2. genderises
  3. genderising
  4. genderism
  5. genderisms
  6. genderist
  7. genderists
  8. genderization
  9. genderizations
  10. genderize
  11. genderized

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