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Meaning of genderist | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. One who discriminates based on gender.
    rare
  2. One who studies gender.
    rare
  3. One who believes in gender ideology or does not support traditional gender roles.
    derogatory, uncommon

Examples

“Although some opponents of Affirmative Action may be aversive racists/genderists, many others believe that it is morally wrong to consider at all a person's ethnicity or gender in decision making.”
“So while critical genderists avoid the labels of masculinities and feminist writing, queer theory provides an opportunity for research into gendered practices in music to be viewed through multiple and often contradictory lenses […]”
“The Feminist Movement, […] is split between two types of feminists: the equality feminists and the gender feminists. Those who demand equal rights, […] are the equality feminists, […] The others are the NOW type, […] the gender feminists, or genderists. This radical element attempts to remodel women into something other than what nature has determined women to be. […] The genderists address particular vitriol toward non-conforming women still "enslaved" to men, like those who get married and have babies, […] And for her apostasy, Sommers says, the genderists “wish to excommunicate me from my sex.” The genderists tend to position themselves among the far left politically, to reject all advances of women as inadequate, and to hate America.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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