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Nonsexist language


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    • Nonsexist usage
    • Nonsexist writing
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    • found: A women's thesaurus:p. 323.
    • found: Hennepin(Nonsexist writing guidelines)
    • found: LC data base, 9/15/88; Oct. 5, 2021 (non-sexist writing; nonsexist usage)
    • found: Random House, 2nd ed.:p. 1317.
    • found: Work cat.: Turón-Padial, M.-C. Mujer islámica, medios y género idiomático, 2020:t.p. ([cataloger's translation] Islamic woman, media and gender in language) p. 7 (title of chapter 3, approximately 20% of work (cataloger's translation): An approach to gender, inclusive language and communication) (DLC)2020400351
    • found: Crystal, D. Dictionary of linguistics and phonetics, 2008, via WWW, viewed Oct. 5, 2021(inclusion (n.) (5): In SOCIOLINGUISTICS, and increasingly in general usage, inclusive language refers to the use of words which avoid the social stereotypes associated with particular social groups, especially in relation to ethnicity and sex. ... In relation to the avoidance of sexual stereotypes, the term non-sexist language is often used)
    • found: Fowler's concise dictionary of modern English usage, 2015, via WWW, viewed Oct. 5, 2021:under Sexist language (non-sexist language)
    • found: Garner, B.A. Oxford dictionary of American usage and style, 2002, via WWW, viewed Oct. 5, 2021:under Sexism (nonsexist usage)
    • found: Oxford companion to the English language, 2018, via WWW, viewed Oct. 5, 2021:under Sexism (section title: Non-sexist usage; non-sexist and inclusive language [with "inclusive language" hyperlinked to entry for Inclusive language]) under Inclusive Language (inclusive usage) (Semi-technical terms for a use of language that includes rather than excludes particular groups, such as women and minorities: for example, the use of humankind or people rather than mankind or men when the whole human race is being discussed; the use of Britain or England rather than the United Kingdom (or UK) when the entire UK is intended)
    • notfound: Marshall, J.K. On equal terms
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    • 1988-09-28: new
    • 2021-12-20: revised
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