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transsexualist

transsexualist noun: a transsexual person.

Noun

transsexualist (plural transsexualists)

  1. A transsexual person.
    • Most transsexualists are males […] Pseudo-hermaphrodites or other intersexes are not to be confused with transsexualists; transvestites may be transsexualists, but not necessarily.1970, Sexology, volume 37, page 26
    • [M]oreover the femininity would be required for the body only, not for the mind. For if a transvestite wanted to be female all the time, he would be a transsexualist.1992, John Oulton Wisdom, Freud, Women and Society, page 80

Forms of transsexualist

pluraltranssexualists

Origin of transsexualist

From transsexual + -ist.

Questions about transsexualist

What does transsexualist mean?
Transsexualist means a transsexual person.
What part of speech is transsexualist?
Transsexualist is a noun.
What is the plural of transsexualist?
The plural of transsexualist is transsexualists.

Words near transsexualist in the dictionary

  1. transsexes
  2. transsexing
  3. transsexual
  4. transsexualism
  5. transsexualisms
  6. transsexualist
  7. transsexualists
  8. transsexualities
  9. transsexuality
  10. transsexualization
  11. transsexualizations

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