detransition
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de- + transition
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detransition (third-person singular simple present detransitions, present participle detransitioning, simple past and past participle detransitioned)
- (intransitive, LGBT) To revert to one's original gender presentation, role, or identity.
- 2007, Helen Boyd, She's Not the Man I Married, page 303:
- People detransition because they may find it difficult to get jobs, or because of social ostracism, not passing in their target gender, family responsibilities, and so on.
- 2014, Michelle Spicer, The Transgender Handbook:
- I recently had an encounter in which I was asked if I was detransitioning simply because I was wearing a pair of jeans!
- 2024 February 2, Pamela Paul, “As Kids, They Thought They Were Trans. They No Longer Do.”, in The New York Times[1], →ISSN:
- “I wish there had been more open conversations,” Powell, now 23 and detransitioned, told me. “But I was told there is one cure and one thing to do if this is your problem, and this will help you.”
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Noun edit
detransition (plural detransitions)
- The act of one who detransitions.
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- → Russian: детранзи́шн (detranzíšn)
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