Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

genderize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: gen-der-ize
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To bestow gender upon; to make male or female, or assign masculine or feminine qualities to.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"By genderizing words, society makes sex-discrimination a requirement. Thus, when one sex is stipulated, the other is excluded."
"Yet the implications of implicitly genderizing ethical positions in these particular plays may be even more far reaching than it appears on the surface."

Etymology

From gender + -ize.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: gender

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

genderizes (present, singular) genderizing (participle, present) genderized (participle, past) genderized (past) genderise (alternative)

Derived Forms

degenderize overgenderize regenderize

Questions

What does genderize mean?: To bestow gender upon; to make male or female, or assign masculine or feminine qualities to.
Where does genderize come from?: From gender + -ize.

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