A grammatical category in inflected languages governing the agreement between nouns and pronouns and adjectives; in some languages it is quite arbitrary but in Indo-European languages it is usually based on sex or animateness.
synoniem: grammatical gender.
Nederlands: genus, gender, geslacht
Pools: rodzaj gramatyczny, rodzaj
The properties that distinguish organisms on the basis of their reproductive roles.
synoniemen: sex, sexuality.
Roget 75:
class,
division,
category,
categorema†,
head,
order,
section;
department,
subdepartment,
province,
domain.
kind,
sort,
genus,
species,
variety,
family,
order,
kingdom,
race,
tribe,
caste,
sept,
clan,
breed,
type,
subtype,
kit,
sect,
set,
subset;
assortment;
feather,
kidney;
suit;
range;
gender,
sex,
kin.
manner,
description,
denomination,
designation,
rubric,
character,
stamp predicament;
indication,
particularization,
selection,
specification.
similarity
etc.
17.
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Roget 374a:
sex,
sexuality,
gender;
male,
masculinity,
maleness
etc.
373;
female,
femininity
etc.
374.
sexual intercourse,
copulation,
mating,
coitus,
sex;
lovemaking,
marital relations,
sexual union;
sleeping together,
carnal knowledge.
sex instinct,
sex drive,
libido,
lust,
concupiscence;
hots,
horns [Coll.];
arousal,
heat,
rut,
estrus,
oestrus;
tumescence;
erection,
hard-on,
boner.
masturbation,
self-gratification,
autoeroticism,
onanism,
self-abuse.
orgasm,
climax,
ejaculation.
sexiness,
attractiveness;
sensuality,
voluptuousness.
[sexual intercourse outside of marriage]
fornication,
adultery.
[person who is sexy]
sex symbol,
sex goddess;
stud,
hunk.
one-night stand.
pornography,
porn,
porno;
hardcore pornography,
softcore pornography;
pin-up,
cheesecake;
beefcake;
[magazines with sexual photos],
Playboy,
Esquire,
Hustler.
[unorthodox sexual activity]
perversion,
deviation,
sexual abnormality;
fetish,
fetishism;
homosexuality,
lesbianism,
bisexuality;
sodomy,
buggery;
pederasty;
sadism.
masochism,
sado-masochism;
incest.
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Nederlands: sexualiteit, geslacht, geslachtsleven, kunne, seks, sekse, seksualiteit
Pools: płciowość