gender euphoria

US/ˈd͡ʒɛndɚ juˈfɔɹi.ə/

noun

The profound feeling of joy and comfort that some transgender people and others feel when perceived as the gender they identify with.

“Even though he wasn't out as trans to anyone yet, he felt a rush of gender euphoria when the waiter called him "sir."”

Opposite
gender dysphoria
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Meanings

noungender euphoria (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe profound feeling of joy and comfort that some transgender people and others feel when perceived as the gender they identify with.

    Even though he wasn't out as trans to anyone yet, he felt a rush of gender euphoria when the waiter called him "sir."

    1 more example

    I discovered that, although elusive and fleeting, gender euphoria did exist, and it was bursting out everywhere from inside me. In that bedroom, during that encounter, I didn’t want to be anyone else but me, for the first time in my life.

    2024, Alana S. Portero, translated by Mara Faye Lethem, Bad Habit, 4th Estate, page 106

    Antonyms: gender dysphoria

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe profound feeling of joy and comfort that some transgender people and others feel when perceived as the gender they identify with.

Opposite
gender dysphoria
Cite this entry
APA

gender euphoria. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gender%20euphoria

MLA

“gender euphoria.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gender%20euphoria. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gender euphoria,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gender%20euphoria.

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