PsychologyAugust 27, 2026

degendering

dee-JEN-dur-ing

Definition

The act of removing gender-specific associations or labels from a concept or analysis.

Etymology

Formed from the prefix 'de-' meaning to remove or reverse, attached to 'gender', which originates from the Latin 'genus' meaning kind or type.

In the news

The article suggests degendering the saying about bad men and good women because the relationship dynamics described in psychological research are not specific to any one gender.

There is an old saying that bad men attract good women, and the psychology of first impressions explains why it looks true even though the research quietly rewrites it

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ScienceBlog.com

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