terfdom

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UK/ˈtɜːfdəm/US/ˈtɚfdəm/

noun

The state or quality of holding trans-exclusionary feminist views.

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terfdom1

nounterfdom (uncountable)
  1. uncountableAlternative letter-case form of TERFdom.

TERFdom2

nounTERFdom (uncountable)

alternative terfdom

  1. neologismuncountableThe state or quality of holding trans-exclusionary feminist views.

    For a large number of us trans folk, Rowling's descent into the bowels of TERFdom has been distressing to watch.

    2020 January, Anna Piper Scott, “JK Rowling Comes Out... As Transphobic”, in Melbourne Star Observer, page 17
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    Only do one better than Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie—whose speech was sampled for that song and who was called out for TERFdom and transphobia—and move that logic beyond the sexes.

    2018 July 10, Alex Zaragoza, “No time for TERFdom”, in San Diego City BEAT, page 8

    One of the things that snapped me out of it finally was a video by Natalie Wynn, aka [Youtuber] ContraPoints, titled “Gender Critical”, and she concludes that TERFdom is about the flimsiest cloak of feminist platitudes draped over disgust and hate.

    2019, Philip Matthews, quoted in Tess Nichol, "TERF wars: Adopting - then abandoning - a 'cult-like' movement", Metro (Auckland), 7 November 2019

    Synonyms: TERFery

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nounThe state or quality of holding trans-exclusionary feminist views.

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terfdom. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/terfdom

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