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gender-neutral

[ jen-der-noo-truhl, -nyoo- ]

adjective

  1. noting or relating to a word or phrase that does not refer to one gender only:

    Firefighter and flight attendant are gender-neutral terms.

  2. using words wherever appropriate that are free of reference to gender:

    gender-neutral language.

  3. relating to, intended for, or common to any gender:

    a nursery decorated with gender-neutral colors.

  4. noting or relating to a person of neutral gender, neither male nor female:

    raising a gender-neutral child to avoid gender stereotypes.



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Example Sentences

"I've gone from studios to walking on walkways and filling out applications - it's very, very weird," says Hollie, who uses gender-neutral pronouns.

From BBC

Republicans up and down the ballot spent hundreds of millions of dollars on network TV ads bashing Democrats over transgender issues—trans women in women’s sports, gender-neutral bathrooms, and so on.

From Slate

This sounds gender-neutral, but functionally fathers would control most of these votes.

From Salon

She has also opposed gender-neutral toilets.

From BBC

As equalities minster, she gained attention by rejecting claims of widespread institutional racism in the UK and fighting to preserve single-sex spaces for women over gender-neutral toilets.

From BBC

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