gender-neutralize

English

Etymology

From gender-neutral +‎ -ize.

Verb

gender-neutralize (third-person singular simple present gender-neutralizes, present participle gender-neutralizing, simple past and past participle gender-neutralized)

  1. (transitive) To make (something) gender-neutral.
    • 2015 October 8, Soraya Chemaly, “Today's Nobel Prize in Literature is a Win for Humanity”, in Time‎:
      J.K. Rowling, among the most notable women to have gender-neutralized their names, is part of a very long tradition that includes the Bronte sisters (aka, the Bell Brothers), Louisa May Alcott (B.A. Evans), […].
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