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gender
noun(gen-der)a subclass within a grammatical class (such as noun, pronoun, adjective, or verb) of a language that is partly arbitrary but also partly based on distinguishable characteristics (such as shape, social rank, manner of existence, or sex) and that determines agreement with and selection of other words or grammatical forms
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noun(gen-der)membership of a word or a grammatical form in such a subclass
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noun(gen-der)an inflectional form showing membership in such a subclass
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verb(gen-der)engender
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noun(gen-der)a person who dresses and behaves like a member of the opposite sex
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noun(gen-der)any of several surgical procedures that a transgender person may choose to undergo in order to obtain the physical characteristics that match their gender identity
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noun(gen-der)a distressed state arising from conflict between a person's gender identity and the sex the person has or was identified as having at birth; also : a condition marked by such distress
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noun(gen-der)the physical and behavioral manifestations of one's gender identity
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noun(gen-der)a person's internal sense of being male, female, some combination of male and female, or neither male nor female
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noun(gen-der)gender dysphoria
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adjective(gen-der)exhibiting behavioral, cultural, or psychological traits that do not correspond with the traits typically associated with one's sex : having a gender expression that does not conform to gender norms
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noun(gen-der)gender confirmation surgery