OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 18862

epicene

/ˈɛp.ɪˌsiːn/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
epiceno
An epicene word; preceded by the: the epicene words of a language as a class.
Consequently, all animate objects which do not have distinctive terms for their male and female beings are epicenes and become masculine or feminine solely by virtue of the additio…
Some French feminists argue that the neutralization of masculine forms into epicenes actually does a disservice to women, making women even less visible socially and professionally…
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