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cross-gender

cross-gender is the alternative form of crossgender.

Meaning of crossgender

Adjective

crossgender (not comparable)

  1. Across multiple genders; taking, or pertaining to, the traditional role of the opposite gender.
    • The lack of a crossgender peer group is a gaping reality for most female-to-males.1980, Louis Sullivan, Information for the Female-to-male
    Synonyms:
    transgender

Questions about cross-gender

What is cross-gender the alternative form of?
Cross-gender is the alternative form of crossgender.

Words near cross-gender in the dictionary

  1. cross-fostering
  2. cross-fosters
  3. cross-functional
  4. cross-garnet
  5. cross-garnets
  6. cross-gender
  7. cross-generational
  8. cross-grade
  9. cross-graded
  10. cross-grades
  11. cross-grading

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cross-gender (page history and authors); crossgender (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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