Gender neutral language in English: Difference between revisions

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! Type of common noun

! Gender ~~inclusive~~

! Gender neutral

! Feminine

! Masculine

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| Male

| Enby

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|Descriptive

|Human, humane

|Feminine, womanly, girly, female, gynous

|Masculine, manly, boyish, male, androus

|Non-binary, inter, androgynous, neutral

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(Note that using "male" and "female" as nouns for people, e.g. "my dentist is a male", is seen as dehumanising in English, and in particular "female" as a noun is considered sexist.)

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* '''Guardian/Caregiver.''' Not necessarily the parent.

* '''Pom-Pom.''' Mix of "Papa" and "Mama"

* '''Baba.''' "Neutral, based on mama and dada. (Note, baba means dad in some languages and grandmother in others.)"<ref name="titles queeries">"Gender neutral/queer titles." ''Gender Queeries.'' [http://genderqueeries.tumblr.com/titles http://genderqueeries.tumblr.com/titles] [https://web.archive.org/web/20230612130812/https://genderqueeries.tumblr.com/titles Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

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|word3 = Kid|meaning3 = Standard informal gender neutral term for young children or young offspring.}}

* '''I’m their mother.''' Rephrasing to communicate the relationship by naming the title of the speaker.

* '''I’m their parent/mother/father.''' Rephrasing to communicate the relationship by naming the title of the speaker.

* '''Non-identical twin, dizygotic twin, biovular twin, two-egg twins.''' Neutral alternative to &