Definition of Genders. Meaning of Genders. Synonyms of Genders

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Definition of Genders

Gender
Gender Gen"der, n. [OF. genre, gendre (with excrescent d.), F. genre, fr. L. genus, generis, birth, descent, race, kind, gender, fr. the root of genere, gignere, to beget, in pass., to be born, akin to E. kin. See Kin, and cf. Generate, Genre, Gentle, Genus.] 1. Kind; sort. [Obs.] ``One gender of herbs.' --Shak. 2. Sex, male or female. [Obs. or Colloq.] 3. (Gram.) A classification of nouns, primarily according to sex; and secondarily according to some fancied or imputed quality associated with sex. Gender is a grammatical distinction and applies to words only. Sex is natural distinction and applies to living objects. --R. Morris. Note: Adjectives and pronouns are said to vary in gender when the form is varied according to the gender of the words to which they refer.
Gender
Gender Gen"der, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gendered; p. pr. & vb. n. Gendering.] [OF. gendrer, fr. L. generare. See Gender, n.] To beget; to engender.
Gender
Gender Gen"der, v. i. To copulate; to breed. [R.] --Shak.

Meaning of Genders from wikipedia

- specific genders besides "man" and "woman," such as the hijras of South Asia; these are often referred to as third genders (and fourth genders, etc.)....
- female genders. In the case of languages which have masculine and feminine genders, the relation between biological **** and grammatical gender tends to...
- some types of gamelan, two gendèrs are used, both spanning approximately two and a half octaves, the gendèr barung and the gendèr panerus, pitched an octave...
- Genders is the surname of: William Genders (1890–1971), British cyclist in the 1920 Olympics Roy Genders (1913–1985), English cricketer Anselm Genders...
- adhere to a fixed gender identity; their genders change depending on time, place and situation, combining elements from one or more genders at different times...
- defined genders. The existence of accepted social categories other than man or woman may alleviate the distress ****ociated with cross-gender identity...
- are strata of oppression between genders. The history of gender studies looks at the different perspectives of gender. This discipline examines the ways...
- social gender are at the root of all differences between men and women Gender ideology, a concept criticised by the anti-gender movement Gender Gender mainstreaming...
- of all genders, or regardless of their **** or gender identity. Pan****ual people may refer to themselves as gender-blind, ****erting that gender and ****...
- equally, also regardless of gender.. To avoid complication, other genders (besides women and men) will not be treated in this Gender equality article. UNICEF...