single sex

sin·gle-sex

[sing-guhl-seks]
adjective
designated for, pertaining to, or serving only males or only females: a single-sex college.

Origin:
1935–40

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single-sex
 
adj
(of schools, etc) admitting members of one sex only; not coeducational

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