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transgenderism, n.
Brit. |tranzˈdʒɛndərɪz(ə)m|, |trɑːnzˈdʒɛndərɪz(ə)m|, |transˈdʒɛndərɪz(ə)m|, |trɑːnsˈdʒɛndərɪz(ə)m|, U.S. |trænzˈdʒɛndəˌrɪz(ə)m|, |træn(t)sˈdʒɛndəˌrɪz(ə)m|
[‹ transgender adj. + -ism suffix, after transgenderist n.]
The state or condition of being transgendered; behaviour in which a person's identity does not conform unambiguously to conventional notions of male or female gender; (sometimes) spec. transsexualism or transvestism: see note s.v. transgender adj.
1983Jrnl. Anthropol. Res. 39 307 (title) Transgenderism and the cult of Yellamma: Heat, sex, and sickness in South Indian ritual. 1991Chicago Tribune (Nexis) 14 Nov. c2 What's being tagged ‘transgenderism’,..a seeming increase in transvestites and crossdressers. 1997Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 31 May (Weekend suppl.) 2/1 Her transgenderism was regarded as a medical condition which she had failed to declare. |