male as norm (English, noun)
expansion: male as norm (uncountable)
Senses:
topics: feminism
government
grammar
human-sciences
ideology
linguistics
philosophy
politics
sciences
glosses: The principle that holds that grammatical and lexical devices such as the use of the feminine suffix -ess and the use of man to mean human, strengthen the perceptions that the male category is the norm, and that corresponding female categories are thus less important.
tags: uncountable
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