† degenderv.¹

Forms: see de- prefix and gender v.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; perhaps modelled on a French lexical item, or perhaps modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: de- prefix, gender v.¹

Etymology: < de- prefix + gender v.¹, probably after Middle French dégénérer or its etymon classical Latin dēgenerāre (for both see degenerate v.). Compare earlier engender v. Compare also degener v. and degenerate v.

Obsolete.

1. intransitive. To degenerate. Chiefly with from or to.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > degenerate [verb (intransitive)]

afallOE

fallOE

out of kinda1375

degender1539

degenerate1553

decline1604

the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > worse > [verb (intransitive)] > in quality or character

forworthc1000

wearc1275

spilla1300

defadec1325

pall?c1335

forlinec1374

sinka1500

degender1539

degener1545

degenerate1545

dwindle1598

degenerize1606

disflourish1640

deflourish1656

waste1669

tarnish1678

devolve1830

honeycomb1868

bastardize1878

slush1882

1539 R. Taverner Second Bk. Garden of Wysdome sig. C.ij^v He forgatte all goodnes and degendred qwyte and cleane from the renowmed vertues of hys father.

1596 E. Spenser Hymne Heauenly Loue in Fowre Hymnes 94 So that next off-spring of the Makers love..Degendering to hate, fell from above Through pride.

1612 P. Lowe Disc. Whole Art Chyrurgerie (ed. 2) iv. iv. 83 If it [sc. furuncle] be deepe and much inflameth, oftentimes it degendereth [1597 degenerateth] into Anthrax and Carbuncle.

1704 G. Meldrum Serm. preached before Ld. Ross 9 Take heed we degender not to Formality.

2. transitive. To reduce to a lower or worse condition or state; to cause to degenerate; to degrade. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > degrading or debasement > degrade [verb (transitive)]

vile1297

supplanta1382

to bring lowa1387

revilea1393

gradea1400

villain1412

abject?a1439

to-gradea1440

vilifyc1450

villainy1483

disparage1496

degradea1500

deject?1521

disgraduate1528

disgress1528

regrade1534

base1538

diminute1575

lessen1579

to turn down1581

to pitch (a person) over the bar?1593

disesteem1594

degender1596

unnoble1598

disrank1599

reduce1599

couch1602

disthrone1603

displume1606

unplume1621

disnoble1622

disworth?1623

villainize1623

unglory1626

ungraduate1633

disennoble1645

vilicate1646

degraduate1649

bemean1651

deplume1651

lower1653

cheapen1654

dethrone1659

diminish1667

scoundrel1701

sink1706

demean1715

abjectate1731

unglorifya1740

unmagnify1747

undignify1768

to take the shine out of (less frequently from, U.S. off)1819

dishero1838

misdemean1843

downgrade1892

demote1919

objectify1973

1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene v. Proem 183 Such as behind their backs (so backward bred) Were throwne by Pyrrha and Deucalione: And if then those may any worse be red, They into that ere long will be degendered.

1775 W. Kenrick et al. tr. Comte de Buffon Nat. Hist. Animals, Veg., & Minerals III. 142 [To] confine our female cattle to one single male of their own country.., far from recovering the species, can only continue to degender it.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

degenderv.²

Brit.

/dᵻˈdʒɛndə/, U.S.

/dəˈdʒɛndər/,

/diˈdʒɛndər/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: de- prefix, gender n.

Etymology: < de- prefix + gender n. Compare gender v.² Compare earlier desex v. and desexualize v.

1. transitive. To avoid assigning or attributing a gender to; to avoid classifying, dividing, or differentiating (something) on the basis of gender; to remove gender distinctions from.

ΚΠ

1960 Geneal. Helper Dec. 223/1 In America Vivian is a male as well as a female name. What is it in this case?—we compromised or ‘de-gendered’ the situation by using no salutation.

1974 N.Y. Times 11 June (Late ed.) 46/8 Among the ideas: degendering language;..having unisex public bathrooms and taking sex off application forms.

1983 Washington Post (Nexis) 18 Oct. a17 Thank the Lord—excuse me, the Sovereign, now that the Divinity has been degendered—for the automobile.

2002 J. O'Neill Plato's Cave 79 The Equal Rights Amendment sought to degender work qualifications.

2016 Observer 24 Jan. 40/5 You're in a business environment; you de-gender everything. You never say he or she.

2. transitive. To deprive or divest (a person) of characteristics, attributes, or qualities conventionally associated with his or her gender; to make (a woman) less feminine or (a man) less masculine.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > sex and gender > [verb (transitive)] > deprive of sex or gender

unsexa1616

desexualize1863

desex1889

asexualize1914

degender1965

1965 E. H. Rovit Player King 337 The baggy pants and the scalp-tight canvas wig with the double strands of straggly red hair degendered her.

1991 M. E. Mate Women in Medieval Eng. Society ii. 6 The only women who held any kind of administrative positions were those who had been to some extent degendered. Abbesses and female religious, by their virginity and abandonment of the female productive role, had become more like men.

2004 T. J. Scheer in C. L. Felbinger & W. A. Haynes Outstanding Women in Public Admin. 65 When increasing numbers of upper- and middle-class women began to enter colleges and seek employment.., many Americans became deeply concerned that women's emergence from the home would degender them.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	degender
释义	† degenderv.¹ Forms: see de- prefix and gender v.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; perhaps modelled on a French lexical item, or perhaps modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: de- prefix, gender v.¹ Etymology: < de- prefix + gender v.¹, probably after Middle French dégénérer or its etymon classical Latin dēgenerāre (for both see degenerate v.). Compare earlier engender v. Compare also degener v. and degenerate v. Obsolete. 1. intransitive. To degenerate. Chiefly with from or to. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > degenerate [verb (intransitive)] afallOE fallOE out of kinda1375 degender1539 degenerate1553 decline1604 the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > worse > [verb (intransitive)] > in quality or character forworthc1000 wearc1275 spilla1300 defadec1325 pall?c1335 forlinec1374 sinka1500 degender1539 degener1545 degenerate1545 dwindle1598 degenerize1606 disflourish1640 deflourish1656 waste1669 tarnish1678 devolve1830 honeycomb1868 bastardize1878 slush1882 1539 R. Taverner Second Bk. Garden of Wysdome sig. C.ij^v He forgatte all goodnes and degendred qwyte and cleane from the renowmed vertues of hys father. 1596 E. Spenser Hymne Heauenly Loue in Fowre Hymnes 94 So that next off-spring of the Makers love..Degendering to hate, fell from above Through pride. 1612 P. Lowe Disc. Whole Art Chyrurgerie (ed. 2) iv. iv. 83 If it [sc. furuncle] be deepe and much inflameth, oftentimes it degendereth [1597 degenerateth] into Anthrax and Carbuncle. 1704 G. Meldrum Serm. preached before Ld. Ross 9 Take heed we degender not to Formality. 2. transitive. To reduce to a lower or worse condition or state; to cause to degenerate; to degrade. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > degrading or debasement > degrade [verb (transitive)] vile1297 supplanta1382 to bring lowa1387 revilea1393 gradea1400 villain1412 abject?a1439 to-gradea1440 vilifyc1450 villainy1483 disparage1496 degradea1500 deject?1521 disgraduate1528 disgress1528 regrade1534 base1538 diminute1575 lessen1579 to turn down1581 to pitch (a person) over the bar?1593 disesteem1594 degender1596 unnoble1598 disrank1599 reduce1599 couch1602 disthrone1603 displume1606 unplume1621 disnoble1622 disworth?1623 villainize1623 unglory1626 ungraduate1633 disennoble1645 vilicate1646 degraduate1649 bemean1651 deplume1651 lower1653 cheapen1654 dethrone1659 diminish1667 scoundrel1701 sink1706 demean1715 abjectate1731 unglorifya1740 unmagnify1747 undignify1768 to take the shine out of (less frequently from, U.S. off)1819 dishero1838 misdemean1843 downgrade1892 demote1919 objectify1973 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene v. Proem 183 Such as behind their backs (so backward bred) Were throwne by Pyrrha and Deucalione: And if then those may any worse be red, They into that ere long will be degendered. 1775 W. Kenrick et al. tr. Comte de Buffon Nat. Hist. Animals, Veg., & Minerals III. 142 [To] confine our female cattle to one single male of their own country.., far from recovering the species, can only continue to degender it. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). degenderv.² Brit. /dᵻˈdʒɛndə/, U.S. /dəˈdʒɛndər/, /diˈdʒɛndər/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: de- prefix, gender n. Etymology: < de- prefix + gender n. Compare gender v.² Compare earlier desex v. and desexualize v. 1. transitive. To avoid assigning or attributing a gender to; to avoid classifying, dividing, or differentiating (something) on the basis of gender; to remove gender distinctions from. ΚΠ 1960 Geneal. Helper Dec. 223/1 In America Vivian is a male as well as a female name. What is it in this case?—we compromised or ‘de-gendered’ the situation by using no salutation. 1974 N.Y. Times 11 June (Late ed.) 46/8 Among the ideas: degendering language;..having unisex public bathrooms and taking sex off application forms. 1983 Washington Post (Nexis) 18 Oct. a17 Thank the Lord—excuse me, the Sovereign, now that the Divinity has been degendered—for the automobile. 2002 J. O'Neill Plato's Cave 79 The Equal Rights Amendment sought to degender work qualifications. 2016 Observer 24 Jan. 40/5 You're in a business environment; you de-gender everything. You never say he or she. 2. transitive. To deprive or divest (a person) of characteristics, attributes, or qualities conventionally associated with his or her gender; to make (a woman) less feminine or (a man) less masculine. ΘΚΠ the world > life > sex and gender > [verb (transitive)] > deprive of sex or gender unsexa1616 desexualize1863 desex1889 asexualize1914 degender1965 1965 E. H. Rovit Player King 337 The baggy pants and the scalp-tight canvas wig with the double strands of straggly red hair degendered her. 1991 M. E. Mate Women in Medieval Eng. Society ii. 6 The only women who held any kind of administrative positions were those who had been to some extent degendered. Abbesses and female religious, by their virginity and abandonment of the female productive role, had become more like men. 2004 T. J. Scheer in C. L. Felbinger & W. A. Haynes Outstanding Women in Public Admin. 65 When increasing numbers of upper- and middle-class women began to enter colleges and seek employment.., many Americans became deeply concerned that women's emergence from the home would degender them. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.¹1539v.²1960
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