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gender dysphoria

gender dysphoria noun: a profound and persistent unhappiness caused by having characteristics (body parts, clothing, etc) of, or being perceived as, a certain gender or sex, experienced especially by transgender people.

Noun

gender dysphoria (usually uncountable, plural gender dysphorias)

  1. (usually) A profound and persistent unhappiness caused by having characteristics (body parts, clothing, etc) of, or being perceived as, a certain gender or sex, experienced especially by transgender people.
    • The Saturday workshops focused mainly on the situations that the professionals may encounter in their work. Since these people would be dealing most often with those feeling gender disforia ^([sic]) (a discomfort about their gender or their need to cross-dress), the discussion centered around...1977 April 9, Lyn Rosen, “'Helping Professions' Meet a Sexual Minority”, in Gay Community News, page 6
    • In the latest version of the DSM (the DSM-5) released in May 2013, the association changed the name from GID to “gender dysphoria.” According to the American Psychiatric Association, they changed the name “to better characterize the experiences of affected children, adolescents, and adults”...[2014, Nancy J. Mezey, LGBT Families, SAGE Publications, →ISBN
    Antonyms:
    gender euphoria

gender dysphoria meaning in Arabic

gender dysphoria in Arabic

profound unhappiness related to characteristics associated with one's birth-assigned sex, experienced by some transgender people
اِنْزِعَاج جَنْدَرِي inziʕāj jandarī

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Forms of gender dysphoria

pluralgender dysphorias

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Questions about gender dysphoria

What does gender dysphoria mean?
Gender dysphoria means a profound and persistent unhappiness caused by having characteristics (body parts, clothing, etc) of, or being perceived as, a certain gender or sex, experienced especially by transgender people.
What is gender dysphoria in Arabic?
Gender dysphoria in Arabic is اِنْزِعَاج جَنْدَرِي (inziʕāj jandarī). See Gender dysphoria meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is gender dysphoria?
Gender dysphoria is a noun.
What is the plural of gender dysphoria?
The plural of gender dysphoria is gender dysphorias.

Words near gender dysphoria in the dictionary

  1. gender confirmation surgeries
  2. gender confirmation surgery
  3. gender critical
  4. gender criticals
  5. gender diverse
  6. gender dysphoria
  7. gender dysphorias
  8. gender envy
  9. gender euphoria
  10. gender expression
  11. gender expressions

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