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geschlechtslos — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • asexual adj Not experiencing sexual attraction to others.
  • gender neutral adjective Designed or worded so as not to be associated with, or to favour, either men or women.
  • neuter adj Not aligned with either side; neither one thing nor the other.
  • neutral adj Not taking sides in a conflict, dispute, or war.
  • sexless adjective Lacking sexual activity or desire.

Senses

geschlechtslos is used for these senses in English:

  • asexual (biology) Lacking distinct sex, lacking sexual organs.
  • gender-neutral (grammar) In particular, in languages where words are assigned to one grammatical gender or another: lacking such an assignment.
  • neuter (biology) Sexless: having no or imperfectly developed sex organs.
  • neutral (biology) Having no sex; neuter.
  • sexless Provoking or showing no sexual desire.

asexual — full definition

  1. adj Not experiencing sexual attraction to others.
  2. adj Reproducing without the fusion of sex cells from two parents, as in many plants, fungi, and simple organisms.
  3. noun A person who does not experience sexual attraction.

gender neutral — full definition

  1. adjective Designed or worded so as not to be associated with, or to favour, either men or women.
  2. adjective Of a name, pronoun or grammatical form: usable for any gender.

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