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transsexual
English
Alternative forms
- transexual (rare)
Etymology
Trans- +? sexual. Introduced to English along with transsexualism by David Oliver Cauldwell in 1949, based on the German word Transsexualismus coined by Magnus Hirschfeld in 1923. Popularized in the mid 1960s, around the same time that transgender was coined; transgender had become an umbrella term and largely but not entirely displaced transsexual by the 1990s.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t?æn(z)?s?k?u?l/, /t?æn(z)?s?ksju?l/
Adjective
transsexual (comparative more transsexual, superlative most transsexual)
- (of a person) Having changed, or being in the process of changing, physical sex (because it does not match desired sex) by undergoing medical treatment such as hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and optionally sex reassignment surgery (SRS), or rarely only SRS.
Usage notes
- Although some authors distinguish transsexual (pertaining to physical sex) and transgender (pertaining to gender), transgender is generally taken to encompass transsexual and has largely displaced it; transsexual is now often considered outdated, although some people who have undergone SRS still prefer it; compare the usage notes at transgender. Neither term should be confused with transvestite (which see for more).
Synonyms
- transsex (less common), transsexed (uncommon)
Derived terms
- transsexuality
- transsexualness
- transsexualism, transsexualist
Descendants
- Japanese: ????????? (toransusekusharu)
Translations
Noun
transsexual (plural transsexuals)
- A transsexual person.
- a. 1998, Myra Love, Reality’s Friends, excerpted in Gertrude M. James Gonzalez and Anne J. M. Mamary (editors), Cultural Activisms: Poetic Voices, Political Voices, SUNY Press (1999), ?ISBN, page 107:
- He claimed that they had this wonderful and loving relationship in which the transsexual-to-be had felt that his suitor truly loved him the way he was and didn’t want him to have the surgery, […]
- 2003 December 9, Kitty Fine, “How to Tell If Your Fella Wants to Be a Woman!”, in Weekly World News, ISSN 0199-574X, page 14:
- Hundreds of women every year are taken completely by surprise when their husbands announce they want to undergo sex-change surgery — and the news is even more shocking when comes, as it often does, from a burly he-man who’d given no clue to his inner girl. ¶ But the signs are definitely there if your husband is dreaming of becoming a transsexual, says a new study by a top sexologist.
- a. 2006, anonymous, “My Husband’s Secret”, in Grandma Joy, Grandma Joy's Hope for Hurting Women: Healing the Wounds of the Past and Gaining Hope for the Future, Destiny Image Publishers (2006), ?ISBN, page 133:
- He was wearing women’s clothes before he had the surgery; then, he actually became a transsexual, and they (amazingly) stayed together.
- a. 1998, Myra Love, Reality’s Friends, excerpted in Gertrude M. James Gonzalez and Anne J. M. Mamary (editors), Cultural Activisms: Poetic Voices, Political Voices, SUNY Press (1999), ?ISBN, page 107:
Usage notes
- See the usage note at transgender regarding the use of this type of word as a noun.
Synonyms
- TS
- trans person
Hyponyms
- trans man, trans woman
Related terms
- transsex
- transsexed
- transgender
Translations
See also
- male-to-female
- female-to-male
- intersexual, intersex
- transvestite
References
Further reading
- Transsexual on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Lynn Conway's website on transsexuality
Anagrams
- transexuals
Catalan
Adjective
transsexual (masculine and feminine plural transsexuals)
- transsexual
Noun
transsexual m or f (plural transsexuals)
- a transsexual person
Derived terms
- transsexualitat
See also
- transgènere
Interlingua
Adjective
transsexual (not comparable)
- transsexual
Noun
transsexual (plural transsexuales)
- transsexual
Romanian
Etymology
From French transsexual.
Adjective
transsexual m or n (feminine singular transsexual?, masculine plural transsexuali, feminine and neuter plural transsexuale)
- transsexual
Declension
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androgynous
English
Etymology
From Latin androgynus (“man-woman, hermaphrodite”), from Ancient Greek ?????????? (andrógunos), from ???? (an?r, “man”) +? ???? (gun?, “woman”) +? -?? (-os, “-ous”, adjectival suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /æn?d??d??.?n.?s/
- (General American) IPA(key): /æn?d??d??.?n.?s/
- Rhymes: -?d??n?s
Adjective
androgynous (comparative more androgynous, superlative most androgynous)
- Possessing the sex organs of both sexes. [from the earlier 17th c.]
- Pertaining to a feature or characteristic that is not definitively of either sex.
- Possessing qualities of both sexes.
- September 1, 1832, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Table-Talk
- The truth is, a great mind must be androgynous.
- September 1, 1832, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Table-Talk
- (of a connector or docking port) Able to connect to another connector or port of the same type, rather than being restricted to connecting to solely male or solely female connectors or ports.
Synonyms
- epicene; hermaphrodite (sometimes proscribed)
Related terms
- androgyne
- androgyny
Translations
See also
- genderqueer
- gender bender
- hermaphroditic
- intersex
- shehe
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