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gender-specific

Adjective

Meaning

gender-specific (comparative more gender-specific, superlative most gender-specific)

Referring to a word or expression that refers to one gender only.

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Hillary Clinton almost got to be president. The reasons why she didn't become president had to do with bad judgments about how to handle the early caucus states, which is not a gender-specific trait. Gail Collins

Everyone's really different. I've worked with women who I've never wanted to tell anything about myself to, and I've worked with guys who have been pouring wells of emotion. So emotional availability is not a gender-specific thing. Kristen Stewart

A local prosecutor stated that the prohibition of circumcision is not gender-specific in Finnish law. Source: Internet

' citation One "trait" that has not yet attracted as much attention is the gender difference: nearly all school shootings are perpetrated by young males, and in some instances the violence has clearly been gender-specific. Source: Internet

Another study, investigating gender-specific perceptions of slasher films, involved 30 male and 30 female university students. citation One male participant described the screaming, especially Sally's, as the "most freaky thing" in the film. Source: Internet

A non-profit facility located in Wernersville, Pa., has specialized programs for teens and adolescents, adults, and senior adults aged 65 and over, all gender-specific and based on the 12-step recovery model. Source: Internet

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