Postgender
adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A person who is postgender, who is not (any longer) gendered, or who does not (any longer) identify as gendered. rare
"Contributors to Posthuman Bodies, edited by Judith Halberstam and Ira Livingston, offer futuristic looks at "queers," trans-genders, postgenders, and automated teller machines,"
- 1 beyond gender; not (any longer) gendered. not-comparable, usually
"Gay and lesbian folks don't have a corner on the market — of course there are straight people who think about gender — but odds were better that our gay and lesbian friends were going to be a little more postgender in their thinking, […]"
- 2 Which divides household labor equally or in a manner other than according to traditional gender roles. not-comparable, usually
"Traditional gender manifests itself among postgender dual-career couples in a common, but not universal, tendency for wives to hold higher standards for household cleanliness."
Antonyms
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More examples"Gay and lesbian folks don't have a corner on the market — of course there are straight people who think about gender — but odds were better that our gay and lesbian friends were going to be a little more postgender in their thinking, […]"
Etymology
From post- + gender.
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