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a subclass within a grammatical class (such as noun, pronoun, adjective, or verb) of a language that is partly arbitrary but also partly based on distinguishable characteristics (such as shape, social rank, manner of existence, or sex) and that determines agreement with and … See the full definition
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Are gender and sex the same? Usage Guide
The words
sex and
gender have a long and intertwined history. In the 15th century
gender expanded from its use as a term for a grammatical subclass to join
sex in referring to either of the
two primary biological forms of a species, a meaning
sex has had since the 14th century; phrases like "the male sex" and "the female gender" are both grounded in uses established for more than five centuries