Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

degenderize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: de-gen-der-ize
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To remove gender from.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"At their religious services Am Tikva makes all attempts to de-genderize the liturgy by neutering English nouns and pronouns and, when Hebrew is used, by using both masculine and the feminine forms of the language."
"I have tried to degenderize the narrative and dispose of unneeded words."

Etymology

From de- + gender + -ize.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: de
Suffix: gender

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

degenderizes (present, singular) degenderizing (participle, present) degenderized (participle, past) degenderized (past) degenderise (alternative)

Antonyms

genderize

Questions

What does degenderize mean?: To remove gender from.
Where does degenderize come from?: From de- + gender + -ize.

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