misgender

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Pronunciation

• (America) IPA: /mɪsˈdʒɛndɚ/
• (RP) IPA: /mɪsˈdʒɛndə/

Verb

misgender (misgenders, present participle misgendering; past and past participle misgendered)

1. 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".
2. To use the wrong grammatical gender with a word.

Translations

• French: mégenrer
• German: misgendern

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