"gender-free" meaning in All languages combined

See gender-free on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Forms: more gender-free [comparative], most gender-free [superlative]
Etymology: From gender + -free. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|gender|free}} gender + -free Head templates: {{en-adj|head=gender-free}} gender-free (comparative more gender-free, superlative most gender-free)
  1. (of people) Agender, being neither male nor female nor any third gender; free of gender. Categories (topical): Gender, LGBT, Transgender
    Sense id: en-gender-free-en-adj-2jR6Eioy Disambiguation of Gender: 49 24 27 Disambiguation of LGBT: 72 6 22 Disambiguation of Transgender: 65 14 21 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -free, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 63 13 24 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 69 7 24 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -free: 70 9 21 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 69 14 18
  2. (of words, objects, etc) Acceptable for or available to any gender.
    Sense id: en-gender-free-en-adj-~mgvG90Y
  3. (of a society, gradable) Which does not define people in the basis of gender; in which gender is irrelevant to people's lives and choices. Synonyms (of people): genderless
    Sense id: en-gender-free-en-adj-KG9zdR4- Disambiguation of 'of people': 0 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: genderfree, agender, agendered Synonyms (of words): gender-neutral Related terms: androgynous, bigender, ambigender, genderqueer, transgender, cisgender, male, female, masculine, feminine
Disambiguation of 'of words': 49 3 48

Alternative forms

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