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sex-plus

sex-plus adjective: having as factors a person's gender and some other factor related to that gender.

Adjective

sex-plus (not comparable)

  1. (US) Having as factors a person's gender and some other factor related to that gender.
    • She brought a sex-plus case against her employer for hiring older men but refusing to hire older women.
    • Her theory was a “sex plus” discrimination claim, alleging that the company did not promote fat women.2008, Anna Rutherford, Fat rights: dilemmas of difference and personhood, page 163

Forms of sex-plus

alternative formsex plus

Questions about sex-plus

What does sex-plus mean?
Sex-plus means having as factors a person's gender and some other factor related to that gender.
What part of speech is sex-plus?
Sex-plus is an adjective.

Words near sex-plus in the dictionary

  1. sex-mystery
  2. sex-negative
  3. sex-negativity
  4. sex-on-premises venue
  5. sex-on-premises venues
  6. sex-plus
  7. sex-positive
  8. sex-positivity
  9. sex-ridden
  10. sex-starved
  11. sex-text

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