gendered
gendered is a polysyllabic word with 2 syllables. Using the Knuth-Liang algorithm, we calculated the hyphenation for the word you’ve entered. However, this hyphenation has not been verified against authoritative sources and may be approximate. This is because the algorithm relies on pre-defined patterns that may not cover all exceptions, contextual variations, or irregular spellings. We are working to verify hyphenations against trusted sources to ensure greater accuracy. For now, gendered is hyphenated as:
Definitions ofgendered
- To assign a gender to (a person); to perceive as having a gender; to address using terms (pronouns, nouns, adjectives...) that express a certain gender.
- To perceive (a thing) as having characteristics associated with a certain gender, or as having been authored by someone of a certain gender.
- To engender.
- To breed.
- (of a language) Having grammatical gender.
Example: "Grammatically, Hebrew is a gendered language because every noun is either masculine or feminine."
- Pertaining to gender or having attributes due to gender.
Example: "His clothes were highly gendered."
- Divided by gender.
Example: "In the past, parenting was a more gendered activity with more distinct male and female roles."
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