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MEGENRAGE [1 record]

Record 1 2024-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sociology of Human Relations
DEF

The act of intentionally or unintentionally attributing a gender to a person that does not correctly reflect their gender.

OBS

Examples include the use of pronouns, words, agreements or forms of address that do not correctly reflect the gender with which a person identifies.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sociologie des relations humaines
DEF

Action d'attribuer à une personne, intentionnellement ou non, un genre qui ne correspond pas au genre auquel elle s'identifie.

OBS

Le mégenrage peut se traduire par l'utilisation de pronoms, d'un vocabulaire, d'accords ou de salutations qui ne correspondent pas au genre de la personne.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sociología de las relaciones humanas
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