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transphile

transphile noun: a person who has a positive attitude or an attraction towards transgender or transsexual people and/or transness.

Noun

transphile (plural transphiles)

  1. (Internet, derogatory, rare) A person who has a positive attitude or an attraction towards transgender or transsexual people and/or transness.

Adjective

transphile

  1. (rare) Attracted to transgender people.
    • Transpersons might be androphile, gynecophile or transphile, i.e. might prefer men, women or other transpersons as partners.1999, Heike Bödeker, Native Vs. White Sex Cosmologies: Sex and Gender Variability Vs. Variance in Inter- Vs. Intracultural Perspective

Forms of transphile

pluraltransphiles

Origin of transphile

From trans- + -phile.

Questions about transphile

What does transphile mean?
Transphile means a person who has a positive attitude or an attraction towards transgender or transsexual people and/or transness.
What part of speech is transphile?
Transphile can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of transphile?
The plural of transphile is transphiles.

Words near transphile in the dictionary

  1. transpharyngeal
  2. transphenoid
  3. transphenoidal
  4. transphenomenal
  5. transphenomenality
  6. transphile
  7. transphiles
  8. transphilia
  9. transphilic
  10. transphincteric
  11. transphobe

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