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Opposite (semantics) In lexical semantics, opposites are words lying in an inherently incompatible binary relationship. For example, something that is male entails that it is not female. It is referred to as a 'binary' relationship because there are two members in a set of opposites. The relationship between opposites is known as opposition.
Binary-coded decimal (BCD) is a binary encoded representation of integer values that uses a 4-bit nibble to encode decimal digits. Four binary bits can encode up to 16 distinct values; but, in BCD-encoded numbers, only ten values in each nibble are legal, and encode the decimal digits zero, through nine. The remaining six values are illegal and ...
Heteronormativity is the concept that heterosexuality is the preferred or normal sexual orientation. [ 1] It assumes the gender binary (i.e., that there are only two distinct, opposite genders) and that sexual and marital relations are most fitting between people of opposite sex.
Non-binary Founder of Arcbeatle Press, creator of 10,000 Dawns [228] [229] Karekin Yarian: 20th century American Non-binary Author, activist [230] Celeste Yim: 1996 Korean Canadian: Non-binary Comedian, writer [231] Reuben Zellman: 1979 American Non-binary Rabbi, musician [232] [233] Nevo Zisin: 1996 Australian Non-binary Writer, activist [234 ...
X-gender ( Japanese: Xジェンダー, romanized : x-jendā) is a third-gender that differs from M, for male, or F, for female. [ 1][ 2][ 3] The term X-gender came into use during the later 1990s, popularized by queer organizations in Kansai, especially in Osaka and Kyoto. [ 4][ 5] The term is used in place of non-binary and genderqueer in ...
A binary opposition (also binary system) is a pair of related terms or concepts that are opposite in meaning. Binary opposition is the system of language and/or thought by which two theoretical opposites are strictly defined and set off against one another. [ 1] It is the contrast between two mutually exclusive terms, such as on and off, up and ...
The semantic features of a word can be notated using a binary feature notation common to the framework of componential analysis. [11] A semantic property is specified in square brackets and a plus or minus sign indicates the existence or non-existence of that property. [12] cat is [+animate], [+domesticated], [+feline] puma is [+animate], [− ...
Femme ( / fɛm /; [ 1] French: [fam], literally meaning "woman") is a term traditionally used to describe a lesbian woman who exhibits a feminine identity or gender presentation. [ 2][ 3] While commonly viewed as a lesbian term, alternate meanings of the word also exist with some non-lesbian individuals using the word, [ 4] notably some gay men ...