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Gender

androgynous

adjective

an androgynous person is neither clearly male nor clearly female

gender

noun

the fact of being either male or female

gender

noun

all male people, or all female people

gendered

adjective

based on ideas about differences between men and women

gender identity disorder

noun

a condition in which someone feels very strongly that they should be the opposite sex

gender-specific

adjective

relating only either to males or to females

hermaphrodite

noun

a person, animal, or plant that has both male and female sex organs

layperson

noun

used instead of layman or laywoman when you want to say that the person could be a man or a woman

man

noun

a person of either sex. Some people do not like to use this word in this way because they think it is offensive to women

mixed

adjective

for men and women, or for boys and girls

the opposite sex

noun

for men, women are the opposite sex, and for women, men are the opposite sex

sex

noun

males or females considered as separate groups

sex

noun

the group of features or qualities that make a person, animal, or plant either male or female

sexless

adjective

neither male nor female

tranny

noun

a transsexual or transvestite

transexual

another spelling of transsexual

transgender

adjective

relating to transsexuals

transsexual

noun

a man who wants to become a woman or a woman who wants to become a man, or someone who has done this by having an operation to change their sexual organs

unisex

adjective

for both men and women

transsexualism

noun

transsexuality

noun

in mixed company

in a group that contains both men and women

cyberloafing

using the Internet where you work, during working hours, for activities which are not work-related

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