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genderized

genderized is the simple past and past participle of genderize.

Meaning of genderize

Verb

genderize (third-person singular simple present genderizes, present participle genderizing, simple past and past participle genderized)

  1. (transitive) To bestow gender upon; to make male or female, or assign masculine or feminine qualities to.
    • By genderizing words, society makes sex-discrimination a requirement. Thus, when one sex is stipulated, the other is excluded.1981 April 4, Signe A. Dayhoff, “Sexist Language: You Become Your Label”, in Gay Community News, page 9

Questions about genderized

What is genderized the simple past and past participle of?
Genderized is the simple past and past participle of genderize.

Words near genderized in the dictionary

  1. genderist
  2. genderists
  3. genderization
  4. genderizations
  5. genderize
  6. genderized
  7. genderizes
  8. genderizing
  9. genderland
  10. genderlect
  11. genderlectal

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Adapted from Wiktionary: genderized (page history and authors); genderize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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