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transfeminine

/trænzˈfɛm.ən.ɪn/

transfeminine adjective: pertaining to people who were assigned male but whose gender identities are feminine.

Adjective

transfeminine (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to people who were assigned male but whose gender identities are feminine.
    • […] the same masculinity at the heart of the military’s pervasive homophobia, tolerance of sexual assault, and transmisogynistic practice of court-martialing transfeminine soldiers for “cross-dressing.”2011, "An open letter to the organizers of TEDxMiddlebury", The Middlebury Campus (Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont), Volume 110, Issue 8, 10 November 2011, page 11
    • Born as a physical male, she now identifies as transfeminine, or pangender.2012, Alessandra Robertson, "Trans Stories", Sex and the Steel City (The Silhouette special edition), page 14

Examples of transfeminine in a sentence

  • [...individuals for whom] “man” or “woman” may not accurately reflect identity but are nonetheless on the transmasculine or transfeminine spectrum.2017, Michael R. Kauth, Jillian C. Shipherd, Adult Transgender Care: An Interdisciplinary Approach for Training Mental Health...
  • Hormonal and surgical options, [...] for transgender women and transfeminine spectrum persons, 99-1112017, Lynne Carroll, Lauren Mizock, Clinical Issues and Affirmative Treatment with Transgender Clients, An Issue of Psychiatric Clinics of...

Origin of transfeminine

From trans- + feminine.

Questions about transfeminine

What does transfeminine mean?
Transfeminine means pertaining to people who were assigned male but whose gender identities are feminine.
How do you use transfeminine in a sentence?
[...individuals for whom] “man” or “woman” may not accurately reflect identity but are nonetheless on the transmasculine or transfeminine spectrum.
What part of speech is transfeminine?
Transfeminine is an adjective.
How do you pronounce transfeminine?
Transfeminine is pronounced /trænzˈfɛm.ən.ɪn/.

Words near transfeminine in the dictionary

  1. transfemcels
  2. transfemicide
  3. transfemicides
  4. transfeminicide
  5. transfeminicides
  6. transfeminine
  7. transfemininities
  8. transfemininity
  9. transfeminism
  10. transfeminisms
  11. transfeminist

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