"transgenderism" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: transgenderisms [plural]
Etymology: From transgender + -ism. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|transgender|ism}} transgender + -ism Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} transgenderism (usually uncountable, plural transgenderisms)
  1. The state of being transgender. (See usage notes) Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Transgender Translations (The state of being transgender): transgenerisme (Catalan), transkønnethed [common-gender] (Danish), tvørkynd [feminine] (Faroese), transsukupuolisuus (Finnish), transgendérisme (French), transgenrisme (French), Transgeschlechtlichkeit [feminine] (German), трансгендерлық (transgenderlyq) (Kazakh), irawhitianga (Maori), transgenderism [masculine] (Polish), transgeneridade [feminine] (Portuguese), transgenerismo [masculine] (Spanish), transgeneridad [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-transgenderism-en-noun-7bKkeH~l Disambiguation of Transgender: 48 52 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ism Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 64 36 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 66 34 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ism: 56 44 Disambiguation of 'The state of being transgender': 94 6
  2. (dated, sometimes derogatory) A purported ideology behind transgender identities, trans activism and trans rights movements; transness as an ideology. (Compare homosexual agenda.) Tags: dated, derogatory, sometimes, uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Transgender
    Sense id: en-transgenderism-en-noun-pyPROPqj Disambiguation of Transgender: 48 52
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: transgenderness Related terms: transsexuality, berdachism

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