overgenderize

Verb

overgenderize (third-person singular simple present overgenderizes, present participle overgenderizing, simple past and past participle overgenderized)

1. (rare) To genderize too much; to unnecessarily assign masculine or feminine qualities to.
   • Overgenderizing is not merely a response ...1990, Sociological Viewpoints
   • ... in cultural assumptions that people accept it without question. A Gilligan, who comes from Harvard, and who expresses views that are consonant with traditional values, is an example of a powerful promulgator of ideas. Of course, she is only one of a long line of scientists who have been...1990, The Invisible Majority