retransitioning
retransitioning is the present participle and gerund of retransition.
Meaning of retransition
Verb
retransition (third-person singular simple present retransitions, present participle retransitioning, simple past and past participle retransitioned)
- To undergo another transition.
- With apologies to my friends who have detransitioned or retransitioned if I get this wrong, this is what I've learned.2018, CN Lester, Trans Like Me: Conversations for All of Us, unnumbered page
- To return to one's birth-assigned gender after having undergone gender reassignment; to detransition.
- Finally, some who embrace the psychological paradigm critique transition-affirmative approaches by pointing to studies showing that a statistically significant number of people who have undergone transition – one 2009 study suggests up to 8 percent – have later expressed regrets, with some even...2019, Paul Rhodes Eddy, James K. Beilby, “Understanding Transgender Experiences and Identities: An Introduction”, in Understanding Transgender Identities: Four Views, unnumbered page
Questions about retransitioning
- What is retransitioning the present participle and gerund of?
- Retransitioning is the present participle and gerund of retransition.
Words near retransitioning in the dictionary
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