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Definition of gender-neutral adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

gender-neutral

adjective
 
/ˌdʒendə ˈnjuːtrəl/
 
/ˌdʒendər ˈnuːtrəl/
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  1. suitable for or shared by people of both sexes; not making a difference between men and women
    • gender-neutral toys/washrooms
    • She argued that the law should always be gender-neutral.
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  2. (of language) that does not refer specifically to men or women, and so can be understood to include both sexes
    • ‘They’ may be used as a gender-neutral pronoun instead of ‘he’ or ‘she’.
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