misgender
English
Etymology
From mis- + gender. Attested since at least 1990.
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 333: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "GenAm" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /mɪsˈdʒɛndɚ/
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 333: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "RP" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /mɪsˈdʒɛndə/
Verb
misgender (third-person singular simple present misgenders, present participle misgendering, simple past and past participle misgendered)
- To refer to a person using terms that express the wrong gender, either unknowingly or intentionally; for example by calling a woman "son", a boy "she", or an agender individual "he" or "she" instead of "they".
- To use the wrong grammatical gender with a word.
- 2017, Rebecca Schuman, Schadenfreude, A Love Story:
- Leonie was always, in fact, the first to point out a misconjugated verb, a misgendered noun, […]
Translations
to refer to a person using terms that express the wrong gender, either unknowingly or intentionally
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