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transmisogynistic

transmisogynistic adjective: relating to, characteristic of, or exhibiting transmisogyny.

Adjective

transmisogynistic (comparative more transmisogynistic, superlative most transmisogynistic)

  1. (neologism) Relating to, characteristic of, or exhibiting transmisogyny.
    • […] 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
    • But I am asking us to examine a comedic device that not only degrades women but also reinforces the absolutely incorrect and harmfully transmisogynistic idea that trans women are really just "men in dresses."2014 November 4, Morgan Philley, “Dressing down the gender binary”, in The Daily Mississippian, volume 103, number 49, University of Mississippi, page 2
    Synonyms:
    transmisogynist

Synonyms of transmisogynistic

Forms of transmisogynistic

comparativemore transmisogynistic
superlativemost transmisogynistic
alternative formtrans-misogynistic

Origin of transmisogynistic

From trans- + misogynistic.

Questions about transmisogynistic

What does transmisogynistic mean?
Transmisogynistic means relating to, characteristic of, or exhibiting transmisogyny.
What part of speech is transmisogynistic?
Transmisogynistic is an adjective.

Words near transmisogynistic in the dictionary

  1. transmisia
  2. transmisiac
  3. transmisiacs
  4. transmisic
  5. transmisogynist
  6. transmisogynistic
  7. transmisogynists
  8. transmisogynoir
  9. transmisogyny
  10. transmisogyny-affected
  11. transmisogyny-exempt

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