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detransitioning

detransitioning is the present participle and gerund of detransition.

Meaning of detransition

Verb

detransition (third-person singular simple present detransitions, present participle detransitioning, simple past and past participle detransitioned)

  1. (intransitive) To revert to one's original gender presentation, role, or identity.
    • People detransition because they may find it difficult to get jobs, or because of social ostracism, not passing in their target gender, family responsibilities, and so on.2007, Helen Boyd, She's Not the Man I Married, page 303

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Questions about detransitioning

What is detransitioning the present participle and gerund of?
Detransitioning is the present participle and gerund of detransition.

Words near detransitioning in the dictionary

  1. detransformed
  2. detransition
  3. detransitioned
  4. detransitioner
  5. detransitioners
  6. detransitioning
  7. detransitions
  8. detransphobia
  9. detransphobic
  10. detrap
  11. detrapped

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Adapted from Wiktionary: detransitioning (page history and authors); detransition (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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