transphobe
transphobe noun: a person who fears, hates or is prejudiced against transgender or transsexual people, or gender-nonconforming people in general; one who exhibits transphobia.
Noun
transphobe (plural transphobes)
- A person who fears, hates or is prejudiced against transgender or transsexual people, or gender-nonconforming people in general; one who exhibits transphobia.
- The object of scorn in the films are not transpersons, but the bigoted transphobes who are made to look like fools.1999, Gordene O. Mackenzie, "50 Billion Galaxies of Gender: Transgendering the Millennium", in Reclaiming Genders: Transsexual Grammars at the Fin de Siècle (ed. Kate More & Stephen Whittle), Cassell...
Antonyms of transphobe
Forms of transphobe
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Origin of transphobe
From trans- + -phobe.
Questions about transphobe
- What does transphobe mean?
- Transphobe means a person who fears, hates or is prejudiced against transgender or transsexual people, or gender-nonconforming people in general; one who exhibits transphobia.
- What part of speech is transphobe?
- Transphobe is a noun.
- What is the plural of transphobe?
- The plural of transphobe is transphobes.
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