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gender

Ngoại động từ[C/U] Cả hai

Quá khứ: genderedPhân từ 2: genderedV-ing: gendering

This term carries a heavy sociological weight in modern English. It distinguishes the internal sense of identity and social performance from the biological traits of sex. In contemporary discourse, it is often treated as a spectrum rather than a binary, reflecting a shift toward inclusivity and personal self-determination. In a linguistic context, the word is technical and descriptive. It refers to a grammatical classification system that has no relation to biological sex, such as the neuter gender in German or the common gender in other languages. This creates a sharp divide between its use in social sciences and its use in philology.

Countable when referring to the various categories of identity (e.g., different genders). Uncountable when referring to the general concept of gender as a social construct.

Ý nghĩa

Danh từ

[someone][something]

The state of being male, female, or another identity, often distinguished from biological sex.

"The survey asks participants to specify their gender."

Danh từ

[something]

A category of words in some languages that determines the form of articles and adjectives.

"In French, nouns are divided by gender into masculine and feminine."

Ngoại động từ

[something]

To assign a specific gender to a word or a person.

"The linguist decided to gender the noun as feminine based on its ending."

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