性 — meaning in English

English meaning

• gender noun The state of being male, female, or another identity, often understood as bound up with social roles and personal identity, distinct from biological sex.
• sex noun The biological category — male or female — based on reproductive roles.

Senses

性 is used for these senses in English:

• gender Identification as a man, a woman, or something else, and association with a (social) role or set of behavioral and cultural traits, clothing, etc; a category to which a person belongs on this basis. (Compare gender role, gender identity.) [from 20th c.]
• gender (grammar) A division of nouns and pronouns (and sometimes of other parts of speech) into masculine or feminine, and sometimes other categories like neuter or common, and animate or inanimate. [from 14th c.]
• grammatical gender (grammar) The grammatically prescribed gender of a noun, which does not necessarily correspond with the referent’s attributes such as biological sex.

gender — full definition

1. noun The state of being male, female, or another identity, often understood as bound up with social roles and personal identity, distinct from biological sex.
2. noun In grammar, a category — such as masculine, feminine, or neuter — that nouns and pronouns are sorted into in many languages.
3. verb To assume, assign, or address someone as having a particular gender.

sex — full definition

1. noun The biological category — male or female — based on reproductive roles.
2. noun Sexual activity, especially intercourse.

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