"genderless" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈd͡ʒɛn.dɚ.ləs/ [General-American], /ˈd͡ʒɛn.də.ləs/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: more genderless [comparative], most genderless [superlative]
Etymology: gender + -less (“without, lacking”) Etymology templates: {{af|en|gender|-less|t2=without, lacking}} gender + -less (“without, lacking”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} genderless (comparative more genderless, superlative most genderless)
  1. Without a gender, in its various senses. Categories (topical): Gender Synonyms (all senses): genderfree, gender-free, neuter Synonyms (having had one's sexual distinction removed): neutered Synonyms (not part of a cultural gender): agender, agendered, gender-free, neutrois [rare] Derived forms: genderlessly, genderlessness Related terms: sexless, sex-free, sexfree Translations (Translations): უსქესო (uskeso) (Georgian), kjønnslaus (Norwegian Bokmål), kjønnsløs (Norwegian Bokmål), ukjønna (Norwegian Bokmål), ukjønnet (Norwegian Bokmål), kjønnslaus (Norwegian Nynorsk), ukjønna (Norwegian Nynorsk), bezrodzajowy (note: in grammar) (Polish), bêcıns (Zazaki)

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          "ref": "2015 August 10, Aimee Picchi, Moneywatch",
          "text": "Should retailers promote genderless shopping?... Through its Agender concept store, Selfridges is selling clothing, accessories and beauty supplies that, it says, \"transcend notions of 'his' and 'hers'.\""
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          "text": "Should retailers promote genderless shopping?... Through its Agender concept store, Selfridges is selling clothing, accessories and beauty supplies that, it says, \"transcend notions of 'his' and 'hers'.\""
        }
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      "sense": "not part of a cultural gender",
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    },
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      "sense": "not part of a cultural gender",
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    {
      "sense": "not part of a cultural gender",
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      "word": "neutrois"
    },
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      "sense": "having had one's sexual distinction removed",
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "uskeso",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "უსქესო"
    },
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      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "kjønnslaus"
    },
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      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "kjønnsløs"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "ukjønna"
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      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "ukjønnet"
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      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "ukjønna"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "note": "in grammar",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "bezrodzajowy"
    },
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      "code": "zza",
      "lang": "Zazaki",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "bêcıns"
    }
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  "word": "genderless"
}

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