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transmasculine

transmasculine adjective: pertaining to people who were assigned female but whose gender identities are masculine.

Adjective

transmasculine (comparative more transmasculine, superlative most transmasculine)

  1. Pertaining to people who were assigned female but whose gender identities are masculine.
    • Bodybuilding as a form of body modification is understood by transmasculine individuals to further enhance a desired masculine presentation.2011, Anurag Saxena, Biomechanics in Physical Education, →ISBN
    • I approach this issue through a focus on the role of the voice in constituting the masculine gender positionalities of trans men and others on the transmasculine identity spectrum. Transmasculine is an umbrella term referring to individuals who were assigned to a female gender role at birth but at...2014, Tommaso M. Milani, Language and Masculinities: Performances, Intersections, Dislocations, Routledge, →ISBN, page 197

Examples of transmasculine in a sentence

  • I approach this issue through a focus on the role of the voice in constituting the masculine gender positionalities of trans men and others on the transmasculine identity spectrum.2014, Tommaso M. Milani, Language and Masculinities: Performances, Intersections, Dislocations, Routledge, →ISBN, page 197:
  • [...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...

Forms of transmasculine

comparativemore transmasculine
superlativemost transmasculine

Origin of transmasculine

From trans- + masculine.

Questions about transmasculine

What does transmasculine mean?
Transmasculine means pertaining to people who were assigned female but whose gender identities are masculine.
How do you use transmasculine in a sentence?
I approach this issue through a focus on the role of the voice in constituting the masculine gender positionalities of trans men and others on the transmasculine identity spectrum.
What part of speech is transmasculine?
Transmasculine is an adjective.

Words near transmasculine in the dictionary

  1. transmarginal inhibition
  2. transmarine
  3. transmasc
  4. transmascby
  5. transmascs
  6. transmasculine
  7. transmasculinities
  8. transmasculinity
  9. transmastoid
  10. transmastoidal
  11. transmat

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