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Person > Life > Male, female

Preferred term

2.6.5Male, female  

Definition

  • Use this domain for words referring to male and female people.

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Scope note

  • What general words refer to the difference between male and female? sex, gender, male, female. What pairs of words refer to male and female people? the sexes, male and female, men and women, boys and girls, ladies and gentlemen, guys and gals. What words refer to something (such as a plant) that is neither male nor female? asexual, sexless. What words refer to something (such as a plant) that is both male and female? androgynous, bisexual, hermaphrodite, hermaphroditic. What words describe something to do with the sex of a person? sexual. What words describe a school or organization that includes males and females? mixed, coed. What words describe a school or organization that includes only males or females? single-sex. What words refer to a person of the other sex? the opposite sex. What words refer to problems between men and women? sexual equality, sexual discrimination, sexism, sexist, male chauvinism, male chauvinist, feminism, feminist.

Notation

  • 2.6.5

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https://w3id.org/MoRe-SFB1475/CT/concepts/3765332836

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