gender binary

English

Etymology

gender + binary

Pronunciation

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Noun

gender binary (plural gender binaries)

1. A gender system in which people are categorized, in terms of gender and often also sex, exclusively as either male or female.

Translations

Translations

• Afrikaans: genderbinêr
• French: binarité de genre (fr)

See also

• sex binary
• non-binary