(transitive) To refer to (someone) using terms that express the wrong gender, either unknowingly or intentionally.
Used in a Sentence
misgender
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for misgender.
Editorial note
Criticize Israel in Germany, misgender someone in Canada, say a mean word to someone invading your house in the UK, and see what happens.
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Definitions2
Parts of speech1
Quick take
(transitive) To refer to (someone) using terms that express the wrong gender, either unknowingly or intentionally.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of misgender gathered in one view.
(transitive, grammar) To use the wrong grammatical gender with a word.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for misgender.
verb
(transitive) To refer to (someone) using terms that express the wrong gender, either unknowingly or intentionally.
verb
(transitive, grammar) To use the wrong grammatical gender with a word.
Example sentences
Criticize Israel in Germany, misgender someone in Canada, say a mean word to someone invading your house in the UK, and see what happens.
It seems totally unreasonable to me to intentionally misgender anyone against their wishes even after such intention was communicated.
Right about the same time r/askreddit had a thread about it being hard not to misgender trans.
Your discomfort with trans folks is your own issue and to misgender someone is hugely disrespectful.
It’s so the questioner can either criticize you for being willing to misgender people, or for prioritizing words over lives, or for equivocating.
If a trans colleague identifies a way that you disagree with, does this give you free pass to misgender them and deny their identity?
Would you like for people to misgender you constantly and purposefully?
I refuse to misgender her, I'm trans myself, and I don't view her favorably.
All that's asked of you is to not misgender or deadname them, whereas transphobes are actively making it impossible for trans people to freely live as themselves.
I realize they are describing a group of criminals, but did they just consistently deadname and misgender the group through the whole article?
What more would he have to do, than to actually publicly attack and verbally abuse and humiliate and deadname and misgender and lie about his own child?
And where was I saying we should misgender them in the present?
Quote examples
This is "neutral" in that it sides with the speaker regardless of who they are, but is clearly designed to allow bigots to misgender freely.
Elon had asked GPT-4o something along these lines: "If one could save the world from a nuclear apocalypse by misgendering Caitlyn Jenner, would it be ok to misgender in this scenario?
I remember seeing a hilarious comparison of models where most of them feel that it’s not acceptable to “intentionally misgender one person” even in order to save a million lives.
"Do you know of anyone at Google who overpaid billions of dollars for a communication platform just to use it to publicly humiliate, deadname, misgender, and bully their own child in front of millions of people?" It got him the adviser role of the president, which in turn might save and make him billions.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use misgender in a sentence?
Criticize Israel in Germany, misgender someone in Canada, say a mean word to someone invading your house in the UK, and see what happens.
What does misgender mean?
(transitive) To refer to (someone) using terms that express the wrong gender, either unknowingly or intentionally.
What part of speech is misgender?
misgender is commonly used as verb.