"gender ideology" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: gender ideologies [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} gender ideology (countable and uncountable, plural gender ideologies)
  1. The set of roles and assumptions in a particular culture that are associated with gender and pertain to non-sexual activities, such as occupation, appropriate expressions of emotion, etc. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Conspiracy theories Translations (derogatory: set of beliefs): 性別意識形態 /性别意识形态 (xìngbié yìshí xíngtài) (Chinese Mandarin), sukupuoli-ideologia (Finnish), idéologie du genre [feminine] (French), ideoloxía de xénero [feminine] (Galician), Genderideologie [feminine] (German), Gender-Ideologie [feminine] (German), genderideológia (Hungarian), ideologia de género [Portugal, feminine] (Portuguese), ideologia de gênero [Brazil, feminine] (Portuguese), ideología de género [feminine] (Spanish) Translations (set of roles and assumptions): 性別意識形態 /性别意识形态 (xìngbié yìshí xíngtài) (Chinese Mandarin), sukupuoli-ideologia (Finnish)
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  2. (uncountable, derogatory) The belief that gender is an innate identity which is separate from sex at birth. Tags: derogatory, uncountable Categories (topical): Gender-critical feminism Related terms: gay agenda, genderism, genderist, transgenderism
    Sense id: en-gender_ideology-en-noun-vuYFYN-0 Disambiguation of Gender-critical feminism: 43 57

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