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transgendercide

transgendercide noun: the killing of a transgender person or transgender people collectively because of their gender, especially when motivated by transphobia.

Noun

transgendercide (usually uncountable, plural not attested)

  1. (no plural, nonce-word, rare, usually) The killing of a transgender person or transgender people collectively because of their gender, especially when motivated by transphobia.
    • [see title]2015 March 11, Erick Chavarria, “Oakland Voices: Transgendercide of women of color drives young trans woman to take her own life”, in Daily Democrat
    • At the march, protesters held handmade signs denouncing the murder of Ms. Sacayán, 40, one of the most prominent transgender activists in Argentina. She led a group that fights discrimination against transgender people and was a regional representative of the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual...2015 November 29, Jonathan Gilbert, “Transgender Argentines Confront Continued Murder and Discrimination”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived...

Origin of transgendercide

From transgender + -cide, by analogy with genocide, homicide, femicide, etc. In some uses, a calque of Spanish travesticidio (“travesticide”).

Questions about transgendercide

What does transgendercide mean?
Transgendercide means the killing of a transgender person or transgender people collectively because of their gender, especially when motivated by transphobia.
What part of speech is transgendercide?
Transgendercide is a noun.

Words near transgendercide in the dictionary

  1. transgelin
  2. transgender
  3. transgender marriage
  4. transgenderal
  5. transgenderals
  6. transgendercide
  7. transgenderdom
  8. transgendered
  9. transgenderedness
  10. transgendereds
  11. transgenderhood

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