Genderology

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The study of gender, gender roles, or gender relations. uncountable

    "As long as societies label people “male/female,” “boy”/“man,” “girl”/“woman” and attach some significance to these labels, genderology has a subject matter — a reason for existence."

  2. 2
    The conceptualization of gender in a particular cultural or temporal context. uncountable

    "Verna E. F. Harrison, "Male and Female in Cappadocian Theology" […] is an indepth study of the genderology of Basil, Gregory Nazianzen, and Gregory of Nyssa."

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gender studiesgenderscape

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"As long as societies label people “male/female,” “boy”/“man,” “girl”/“woman” and attach some significance to these labels, genderology has a subject matter — a reason for existence."

Etymology

From gender + -ology.

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