"gender binary" meaning in English

See gender binary in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: En-us-gender binary.oga [US] Forms: gender binaries [plural]
Etymology: gender + binary Etymology templates: {{m|en|gender}} gender, {{m|en|binary}} binary Head templates: {{en-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. Categories (topical): Gender Related terms: sex binary, non-binary Translations (Translations): genderbinêr (Afrikaans), binarité de genre (French)

Inflected forms

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