l, -nyoo-] 
| 1. | noting or pertaining to a word that does not refer to one sex only: Firefighter is a gender-neutral term. |
| 2. | using words wherever appropriate that are free of reference to gender: gender-neutral language. |
| gen·der-neu·tral (jěn'dər-nōō'trəl, -nyōō'-) adj. Free of explicit or implicit reference to gender or sex, as is the term police officer (instead of policewoman or policeman) or the term crewed (instead of manned). |