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Gender neutral language in English: Difference between revisions
→Common nouns
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| Male | | Male | ||
| Enby | | Enby | ||
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|Descriptive | |||
|Human, humane | |||
|Feminine, womanly, girly, gynous | |||
|Masculine, manly, boyish, androus | |||
|Non-binary, inter, androgynous, neutral, genderless, multigendered, genderfluid, genderflux, demigender, genderqueer | |||
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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.) | (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.) | ||