Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sex-plus

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.76 in modern English

Syllables: sex--plus
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having as factors a person's gender and some other factor related to that gender.

American usage

Example Sentences

"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."
"[…] the latter can perhaps be protected either by including the employee's private life among the grounds of prohibited discrimination, or under the ground of sex, as a sex-plus situation."

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

sex plus (alternative)

Phrases

plus factor

Frequently Paired Words

plus factor

Questions

What does sex-plus mean?: Having as factors a person's gender and some other factor related to that gender.

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