misgender
/mɪsˈdʒɛndə/ · verb
Meaning
- To refer to (a person) using terms that express the wrong gender, either unknowingly or intentionally; for example by calling a woman "son" or a boy "she".
- To use the wrong grammatical gender with a word.
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