gender-binary
adj1
Biology, Human sciences, Natural sciences, Sciences, Social science, Sociology Synonym of binary (“having or pertaining to a gender identity represented by the gender binary; either male or female”).
gender binary
nounalso spelled gender-binaryEtymology gender + binary
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A gender system in which people are categorized, in terms of gender and often also sex, exclusively as either male or female.
- Related terms
- sex binary, non-binary