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terven

terven adjective: characteristic of, related to, or espousing gender-critical or trans-exclusionary feminism.

Adjective

terven (comparative more terven, superlative most terven)

  1. (Internet) Characteristic of, related to, or espousing gender-critical or trans-exclusionary feminism.
    • Happy #ldov [Lesbian Day of Visibility] to all them terven ladies and deffos no^([sic]) to males UwU2018 April 26, Pidge (but evil) (@radfempidge), Twitter
    • There are those of the terven persuasion in my mentions and I have exactly no energy to deal today.2019 June 3, Roo B. (@roo_b_boy), Twitter

Noun

terven (countable and uncountable, plural tervens)

  1. (Internet, countable) A gender-critical or trans-exclusionary feminist.
    • Any US radfems in the New England area? Watching with envy all the U.K. tervens getting to meet up2019 September 7, coffee spoons (@coffeespoons3), Twitter
    • Hey friends there's a few tervens who are harrasing^([sic]) this incredibly important binder fund aimed at the GRT community,2022 May 4, Roo B. (@roo_b_boy), Twitter
  2. (Internet, uncountable) Gender-critical or trans-exclusionary feminists collectively.
    • I gots data (at least for UK Terven)2020 August 18, Maya Forstater (@MForstater), Twitter
    • Because terven don't actually care about women's rights or equality2020 December 15, Max has Nightmare Eyes (@chaoticgaythey), Twitter

Synonyms of terven

Forms of terven

Adjective
comparativemore terven
superlativemost terven
Noun
pluraltervens

Origin of terven

From TERF + -en.

Questions about terven

What does terven mean?
Terven means characteristic of, related to, or espousing gender-critical or trans-exclusionary feminism.
What part of speech is terven?
Terven can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near terven in the dictionary

  1. terutroban
  2. Teruya
  3. Teruyas
  4. tervalence
  5. tervalent
  6. terven
  7. tervens
  8. tervert
  9. terverticillate
  10. terverts
  11. terves

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