gender gap
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.23 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A measurable difference between the pay, status, political preferences etc. of men and women.
Example Sentences
- "Surveys show a gender gap with women favoring Democrats 12 percent more than men."
- "But in the light of last month's election returns, the gender gap looks less like a striking electoral phenomenon and more like a pollster's product. To judge from the way women actually voted, they do not compose a voting bloc with especially compassionate clout."
- "The report found that no countries had managed to eliminate a gender gap entirely, but the Nordic countries were the best at narrowing it and providing a workable model for the rest of the world."