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nonsexist language
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Defined by Rosalie Maggio in The Dictionary of Bias-Free Usage (1991): ' Language that carries no cultural bias toward one sex or the other is nonsexist. It may or may not contain sex-specific words. "Irishwoman and Irishmen" is sex-specific but nonsexist.'
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nonny-no
nonny-nonny
Nonoverlapping Magisteria
NONPACC
nonpartisan
nonpathogenic
nonperishable
NONPF
nonplussed
nonprint
nonprocreative sex
Nonproliferate
nonscribal
nonsecreting
nonsense
nonsensical
nonsuch
nonsurgical spinal decompression
NONTA
nontransferable
nonversation
nonweighted
NOO
Noob
noob tuber
Noobie
nooby
NOOC
NOOD
noodle
NOOFS
nonny-nonny
Nonoverlapping Magisteria
NONPACC
nonpartisan
nonpathogenic
nonperishable
NONPF
nonplussed
nonprint
nonprocreative sex
Nonproliferate
nonscribal
nonsecreting
nonsense
nonsensical
nonsexist language
nonsizistnonsuch
nonsurgical spinal decompression
NONTA
nontransferable
nonversation
nonweighted
NOO
Noob
noob tuber
Noobie
nooby
NOOC
NOOD
noodle
NOOFS