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neuterize (verb), neuterizes; neuterized; neuterizing
To eliminate both the male and female gender usages in an attempt to create an "androgynous utopian society" that has both male and female characteristics or qualities: When a writer or speaker neuterizes words, he or she strives to remove so-called "sexist words", such as "man" and "woman" or "his" and "her" when writing or speaking, as the following examples show: "they", "adults", "people", "persons", "public", "population", "children", "citizens", etc.
This entry is located in the following units: neg-, ne- (page 3) neutro-, neuter-, neutr-, neut- + (page 1)