"gender critical" meaning in English

See gender critical in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more gender critical [comparative], most gender critical [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} gender critical (comparative more gender critical, superlative most gender critical)
  1. Alternative form of gender-critical. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: gender-critical
    Sense id: en-gender_critical-en-adj-nejP7yRz
  2. Alternative form of gender-critical: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see gender, critical. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: gender-critical (extra: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see gender, critical)
    Sense id: en-gender_critical-en-adj-u6zw1cid

Noun

Forms: gender criticals [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} gender critical (plural gender criticals)
  1. (informal) A person who holds gender-critical beliefs. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Feminism, Gender-critical feminism, Transgender, Transphobia Synonyms: GC, GCF, gendercrit, gendercritter, TERF, terven
    Sense id: en-gender_critical-en-noun-Tzo1J6-Q Disambiguation of Feminism: 26 17 57 Disambiguation of Gender-critical feminism: 26 17 56 Disambiguation of Transgender: 26 17 57 Disambiguation of Transphobia: 28 18 55 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 9 82

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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