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gender gap
noun
the differences between women and men, especially as reflected in social, political, intellectual, cultural, or economic attainments or attitudes.
Origin:
1980–85
1980–85
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Gender gap
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
American Heritage
Cultural Dictionary
gender gap definition
A phrase marking the trend in recent U.S. presidential elections, whereby more female than male voters support the Democratic party candidate and more male than female voters support the Republican party candidate.
The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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American Heritage
Idioms & Phrases
gender gap
A broad difference between men and women, as in There is still an enormous gender gap in the wages of unskilled labor. This expression at first referred to the difference between men and women in voting preferences. It has since been extended to other areas. [1970s]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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