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generic they

generic they noun: synonym of generic you: the pronoun they, used to refer to an unspecified person, to multiple unspecified people, or to people in general.

Noun

generic they

  1. Synonym of generic you: the pronoun they, used to refer to an unspecified person, to multiple unspecified people, or to people in general.
    Synonyms:
    one, they, generic you
  2. Synonym of singular they: the pronoun they, used to refer to one single person without obligation to include their gender.
    Synonyms:
    they, ze, singular they

Synonyms of generic they

Words formed from generic they

Questions about generic they

What does generic they mean?
Generic they means synonym of generic you: the pronoun they, used to refer to an unspecified person, to multiple unspecified people, or to people in general.
What part of speech is generic they?
Generic they is a noun.

Words near generic they in the dictionary

  1. generic platformers
  2. generic programming
  3. generic properties
  4. generic property
  5. generic term
  6. generic they
  7. generic top-level domain
  8. generic top-level domains
  9. generic type
  10. generic types
  11. generic you

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