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transgendered

Syllables: trans·gen·der·edUK/tɹænzˈd͡ʒɛndə(ɹ)d/US/tɹænzˈd͡ʒɛndəɹd/

transgendered adjective: transgender; denoting or relating to a person whose gender identity does not correspond with their sex assigned at birth. Also the simple past and past participle of transgender.

Adjective

transgendered (comparative more transgendered, superlative most transgendered)

  1. (offensive, often, proscribed, uncommon) Transgender; denoting or relating to a person whose gender identity does not correspond with their sex assigned at birth.
    • RAQUEL WELCH (left), moviedom's sex queen soon to be seen as the heroine/hero of Gore Vidal's transgendered "Myra Breckinridge," will be featured in her first television special at 8 p.m. today on CBS.1970 April 26, “Raquel Welch”, in TV Guide, archived from the original on 04 Jun 2012
    • There are many reasons why transgendered people enter psychotherapy. One is to meet the requirements of the medical profession and obtain the procedures they seek. The desire for sex reassignment is a powerful motivator to individuals convinced that only a major physical modification of their body...a. 2000, Barbara F. Anderson, “Why Do Transgenders Seek Psychotherapy - Pt 1?”, in TransGender Forum (archived copy), archived from the original on 25 Oct 2023

Noun

transgendered (plural transgendereds)

  1. (nonstandard, offensive, rare, usually) A transgender person.
    • In determining how to accommodate the employee, both attorneys said it is important to take your "cue" from the employee, but also to examine what medical criteria says about transgendereds.2002, BNA's Employment Discrimination Report, page 384
    • In addition to ex-convicts and drug addicts, stigmas are also applied to lesbians, gays, transgendereds, and people who have been hospitalized for mental illness, even after they leave the hospital.2008, Madeleine Cousineau, Introducing Sociology: A Whole New World, page 156

Also used as

transgendered is also the simple past and past participle of transgender.

Forms of transgendered

Adjective
comparativemore transgendered
superlativemost transgendered
Noun
pluraltransgendereds

Origin of transgendered

From trans- + gendered (adjective).

Words formed from transgendered

Words that rhyme with transgendered

Questions about transgendered

What does transgendered mean?
Transgendered means transgender; denoting or relating to a person whose gender identity does not correspond with their sex assigned at birth.
What part of speech is transgendered?
Transgendered can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce transgendered?
Transgendered is pronounced /tɹænzˈd͡ʒɛndə(ɹ)d/ (UK).

Words near transgendered in the dictionary

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

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