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male-identified

male-identified adjective: self-identifying as male.

Adjective

male-identified (not comparable)

  1. (literally) Self-identifying as male.
  2. (derogatory) Aligned with patriarchal interests.
    • I'm here to tell you that lesbian battering occurs in all kinds of lesbian relationships. I am a butch and I was a victim of it. All kinds of women can be abused, and many different kinds of women can be abusers. It's not going to be as easy as pointing fingers at those who are "male-identified" or...1984 February 4, Anne Franklin, “Who Are The Experts?”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 28, page 6

Questions about male-identified

What does male-identified mean?
Male-identified means self-identifying as male.
What part of speech is male-identified?
Male-identified is an adjective.

Words near male-identified in the dictionary

  1. male-fail
  2. male-failed
  3. male-failing
  4. male-fails
  5. male-gazey
  6. male-identified
  7. male-pattern violence
  8. male-to-female
  9. male-to-females
  10. male-to-male cable
  11. male-to-male cables

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