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genderless

genderless

3 5.6
Not described as male or female and suitable for any person
  • adjective
  • /ˈdʒɛndərləs/
: sin género
  • Limbs emerge from an Oval egg like shape to suggest a genderless figure seated in a cross legged yoga pose known as the Lotus posture.
  • genderless marriage
  • genderless marriage institution
  • genderless marriage proponents

And then I was thinking like, am I genderless when I'm at home?

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Examples

  • The cinematic cyborg, on the other hand, like the world in which it lives, is not genderless at all.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • Islam teaches that God is genderless, does not experience tidiness or ignorance, and exists without peer.

    Alex O'Connor

  • I do recall a bunch of genderless shirt dresses as part of that collection.

    Zoe Hong

  • Either it will choose genderless marriage or it will choose man-woman marriage.

    Academic text (2008)

  • Besides, brown is pretty genderless, so I feel that my name is earthy.

    Blog text (13)

  • During the transformative process, the queens take on a sort of genderless or androgynous role.

    Blog text (18)

  • Furthermore, genderless marriage is a radically different institution than man-woman marriage.

    Academic text (2008)

  • And they were a genderless, non binary person who dressed in purposefully masculine and feminine ways.

  • The children's clothing line features a number of genderless designs suitable for all kids.

  • They decided on a genderless approach to naming their baby, opting for a name that fits any identity.

Synonyms

unisex
vsgenderless
11 3.8

Suitable for both men and women

means absence of any specific gender rather than suitability for both sexes
neuter
vsgenderless
  • Specialized
2 7.3

Belonging to a grammatical gender that is neither masculine nor feminine

applies more broadly to lack of specific gender, not only grammar
ungendered
vsgenderless
1 7.4

Not meant for just men or just women

is the same in meaning but is an alternative form

Antonyms

gendered
13 4.8

Having qualities people expect of men or women

How Gendered

gendered
13 4.8
genderqueer
2 8.1
androgynous
  • Specialized
1 8.4
genderless
3 5.6

Surface Forms

genderless positive

Morphology

genderless = gender (transparent) = gender + less

Formed by the noun 'gender' + the productive suffix '-less', meaning 'without gender', which is directly understandable to learners who know 'gender'.

Etymology

Genderless is made of gender and -less. The part gender comes from an old Latin word meaning 'kind' (you can see the same idea in genre), and -less means 'without', so genderless means 'without a gender', used for people, clothes, or ideas that are not just male or female.