Meaning

3 senses
  1. Not having, indicating, or being restricted on the basis of, gender.

    Used by or intended for people of any gender; not restricted to (only one) gender; available to all genders.

    The women's sleeping quarters are on the left side of the dormitory, the men's are on the right; gender-neutral restrooms are located in the middle.

    geschlechtsneutral, unisex

    ге́ндерно-нейтра́льныйgéndɛrno-nejtrálʹnyj

  2. Of words, phrasing, etc.: not indicating or referring to (only one) gender.

    Many modern laws use gender-neutral constructions like "they" in place of the old, supposedly unmarked "he".

    Gender-neutral pronouns like "ey" and "ze" are used by many genderqueer, intersex, and neutrois individuals.

  3. In particular, in languages where words are assigned to one grammatical gender or another: lacking such an assignment.

    geschlechtslos

    неродово́йnerodovój

Translations

3 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
not having, indicating, or being restricted on the basis of, gender:
grammar: lacking gender assignment:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
not having, indicating, or being restricted on the basis of, gender:
grammar: lacking gender assignment:

Origin

Compound of gender + neutral.

Compound of gender + neutral.

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Forms

more gender-neutral, most gender-neutral

Synonyms

7 synonyms

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
gender-neutral — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto