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GENDER ROLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does gender role mean?
• GENDER ROLE (noun)
The noun GENDER ROLE has 1 sense:
1. the overt expression of attitudes that indicate to others the degree of your maleness or femaleness
Familiarity information: GENDER ROLE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The overt expression of attitudes that indicate to others the degree of your maleness or femaleness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Context example:
your gender role is the public expression of your gender identity
Hypernyms ("gender role" is a kind of...):
role (normal or customary activity of a person in a particular social setting)
Context examples
An individual who reports belonging to the cultural gender role distinction of female.
(Female Gender, NCI Thesaurus)
An individual who reports belonging to the cultural gender role distinction of male.
(Male Gender, NCI Thesaurus)
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