Meaning

(now uncommon and often offensive and proscribed) Transgender; denoting or relating to a person whose gender identity does not correspond with their sex assigned at birth..

Definitions by Sense

1. (now uncommon and often offensive and proscribed) Transgender; denoting or relating to a person whose gender identity does not correspond with their sex assigned at birth.
2. (nonstandard, rare, now usually offensive) A transgender person.
3. simple past and past participle of transgender

Example Sentences

RAQUEL WELCH (left), moviedom's sex queen soon to be seen as the heroine/hero of Gore Vidal's transgendered "Myra Breckinridge," will be featured in her first television special at 8 p.m. today on CBS.

There are many reasons why transgendered people enter psychotherapy. One is to meet the requirements of the medical profession and obtain the procedures they seek. The desire for sex reassignment is a powerful motivator to individuals convinced that only a major physical modification of their body will relieve feelings of gender dysphoria.

In determining how to accommodate the employee, both attorneys said it is important to take your "cue" from the employee, but also to examine what medical criteria says about transgendereds.

In addition to ex-convicts and drug addicts, stigmas are also applied to lesbians, gays, transgendereds, and people who have been hospitalized for mental illness, even after they leave the hospital.

Word Forms

• more transgendered
• most transgendered
• transgendereds

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When Should You Use Transgendered?

Use transgendered when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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