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transsexing

transsexing is the present participle and gerund of transsex.

Meaning of transsex

Verb

transsex (third-person singular simple present transsexes, present participle transsexing, simple past and past participle transsexed)

  1. (intransitive) To transition (to undergo a transition) from being one sex/gender to being another (especially by sex reassignment surgery). (Compare transgender.)
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:transsex.
  2. (transitive) To transgender; to (cause something to) change from being sexed/gendered in one way to being sexed/gendered in another way.
    • There is a common misconception that gay men, for instance, are naturally effeminate and may someday wish to transsex their bodies.2009, Andrea Bloomgarden, Rosemary B. Mennuti, Psychotherapist Revealed, →ISBN, page 184

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Questions about transsexing

What is transsexing the present participle and gerund of?
Transsexing is the present participle and gerund of transsex.

Words near transsexing in the dictionary

  1. transseptally
  2. transseries
  3. transsex
  4. transsexed
  5. transsexes
  6. transsexing
  7. transsexual
  8. transsexualism
  9. transsexualisms
  10. transsexualist
  11. transsexualists

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Adapted from Wiktionary: transsexing (page history and authors); transsex (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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