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genderizing

genderizing is the present participle and gerund 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 genderizing

What is genderizing the present participle and gerund of?
Genderizing is the present participle and gerund of genderize.

Words near genderizing in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: genderizing (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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