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gender-neutral — UK US adjective ► relating neither especially to men nor to women: »For terms such as policeman or watchman, use instead gender neutral terms like police officer and guard … Financial and business terms
Gender-neutral — The adjective gender neutral may describe:*Gender neutral job title *Gender neutral language (see also gender neutrality in English) *Gender neutral marriage *Gender neutral pronoun *Gender neutral bathroomsIt is sometimes confused with the… … Wikipedia
Gender-neutral language — Gender neutral language, gender inclusive language, inclusive language, or gender neutrality is linguistic prescriptivism that aims to eliminate (or neutralize) reference to gender in terms that describe people. For example, the words chairman,… … Wikipedia
Gender-neutral pronoun — Hir redirects here. For other uses, see Hir (disambiguation). A gender neutral pronoun is a pronoun that is not associated with any gender. It designates two distinct grammatical phenomena, the first being pronouns/periphrastics that have been… … Wikipedia
Gender neutral toilet — A gender neutral toilet, also known as a unisex toilet or a gender free toilet is a public restroom or toilet that is available for use by either the male or female gender, and include family restrooms.Sex separated public toilets are a source of … Wikipedia
gender-neutral — /dʒɛndə ˈnjutrəl/ (say jenduh nyoohtruhl) adjective (of a term, word, expression, etc.) applicable to either gender, as, for example, flight attendant replacing the earlier gender specific air hostess and cabin steward …
gender-neutral — gen·der neu·tral (jĕnʹdər no͞o trəl, nyo͞o ) adj. Free of explicit or implicit reference to gender or sex, as is the term police officer (instead of policewoman or policeman) or the term crewed (instead of manned). * * * … Universalium
gender-neutral pronoun — noun Any third person pronoun that refers to a person without indicating the gender of the person referred to. Syn: epicene pronoun … Wiktionary
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Gender neutrality in English — is a form of linguistic prescriptivism that aims at using a form of English that minimizes assumptions about the gender or biological sex of people referred to in speech. Contents 1 Rationale 1.1 Job titles 1.2 Words for humans … Wikipedia
