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Meaning of gendered knowledge

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

gendered

verb

Definitions

  1. 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.

  2. To perceive (a thing) as having characteristics associated with a certain gender, or as having been authored by someone of a certain gender.

verb

Definitions

  1. To engender.

  2. To breed.

adjective

Definitions

  1. (of a language) Having grammatical gender.

    Example: Grammatically, Hebrew is a gendered language because every noun is either masculine or feminine.

  2. Pertaining to gender or having attributes due to gender.

    Example: His clothes were highly gendered.

  3. Divided by gender.

    Example: In the past, parenting was a more gendered activity with more distinct male and female roles.