Sexist vs Gendered - What's the difference?
sexist | gendered |
Unfairly discriminatory against one sex in favour of the other.
(gender)
(linguistics, of a language) Having grammatical gender.
Pertaining to gender or having attributes due to gender.
Divided by gender.
(archaic) engendered
* 1662 , , Book I, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 11:
As a noun sexist
is sexist (person).As a verb gendered is
(gender).As an adjective gendered is
(linguistics|of a language) having grammatical gender.sexist
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Robert and Jessica both lost all respect for their father when they found him to be sexist .
Derived terms
* non-sexist * non-sexist language * sexist languageSee also
* ableist * bigot * bigotry * chauvinism * chauvinist * misandry * misandric * misogynist * discrimination * heterosexist * homophobe * homophobic * -ist * racistAnagrams
*gendered
English
Verb
(head)Adjective
(en adjective)- Grammatically, Hebrew is a gendered language because every noun is either masculine or feminine.
- His clothes were highly gendered .
- In the past, parenting was a more gendered activity with more distinct male and female roles.
- "...or some hidden Spermatick power has gendered these both Anchors'', ''Urnes'', ''Coins'', and ''Sculls in the ground...