Engendered
adj, verb
adj, verb ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 simple past and past participle of engender form-of, participle, past
Adjective
- 1 Having a strong association with gender; gendered.
"The professor's study is perhaps the novel's most engendered space, yet it is in a way different from its other settings."
- 2 Having been produced or begotten.
"After a longer period, of six or eight months, the engendered disease was so mild that all the animals speedily recovered and regained health and strength."
Example
More examples"The conditions that lead to my parents' divorce were engendered by their obsessive attitude toward work."
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