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GENDER ROLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gender role mean? 

GENDER ROLE (noun)
  The noun GENDER ROLE has 1 sense:

1. the overt expression of attitudes that indicate to others the degree of your maleness or femalenessplay

  Familiarity information: GENDER ROLE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GENDER ROLE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The overt expression of attitudes that indicate to others the degree of your maleness or femaleness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Context example:

your gender role is the public expression of your gender identity

Hypernyms ("gender role" is a kind of...):

role (normal or customary activity of a person in a particular social setting)


 Context examples 


An individual who reports belonging to the cultural gender role distinction of female.

(Female Gender, NCI Thesaurus)

An individual who reports belonging to the cultural gender role distinction of male.

(Male Gender, NCI Thesaurus)



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