gender-specific

English

Adjective

gender-specific (comparative more gender-specific, superlative most gender-specific)

1. Referring to a word or expression that refers to one gender only.
   • 2022 April 20, “Network News: RSSB to explore new terms to replace 'pilotman'”, in RAIL, number 955, page 16:

     It says the Rule Book term 'pilotman' "has recently been raised as an issue as it is gender-specific", and that it is "developing a proposal to replace it using gender neutral language".

Antonyms

• gender-neutral

Derived terms

• gender-specifically

References

• “gender-specific”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.