transdom

trans·dom
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noun

The state or quality of being transgender.

OriginProto-Germanic *dōmaz ← Proto-Indo-European *dʰóh₁mos ← English trans →
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Meanings

transdom1

nountransdom (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe state or quality of being transgender.

    After seven nice years of “former transdom” I got my first serious warning that T might well be right.

    2010, Erica Zander, “My Husband Had a Sex Change–Shit Happens”, in Katrina Fox, Tracie O'Keefe, editors, Trans People in Love, page 190
    1 more example

    Eventually a generous donor stepped forward and underwrote my work, as I struggled to right what I considered to be the mothership of transdom.

    2005 Fall, Dallas Denny, quoting Nancy Reynolds Nangeroni, “An Interview With Nancy and Gordene”, in Transgender Tapestry, page 34

transdom2

nountransdom (countable and uncountable, plural transdoms)

plural transdoms

  1. uncountableBDSMTransgender domination; a sexual practice in which transgender people dominate other people.
  2. countableBDSMA transgender dominator in sadomasochistic sexual practices.

Origin

transdom · noun

  1. Proto-Indo-European*terh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*térh₂t
  3. Proto-Indo-European*tr̥h₂ónts
  4. Proto-Indo-European*tr̥h₂n̥ts
  5. Proto-Italic*trāns
  6. Proto-Italic*trāns-
  7. Latintrans-
  8. Englishtrans-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*ǵenh₁-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*ǵénh₁os
  11. Proto-Italic*genos
  12. Latingenus
  13. Old Frenchgendre
  14. Middle Englishgendre
  15. Englishgender
  16. Englishtransgenderclip.
  17. Englishtrans-
  18. Proto-Indo-European*sek-
  19. Proto-Indo-European*séks-u-s
  20. Proto-Italic*seksus
  21. Proto-Indo-European*sek-
  22. Proto-Indo-European*sékh₁yeti
  23. Proto-Italic*sekaō
  24. Latinsecō
  25. Latinsecāre?
  26. Latinsexus
  27. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  28. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  29. Latinsexuālis
  30. Englishsexual
  31. Englishtranssexualclip.
  32. Englishtrans
  33. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  34. Proto-Indo-European*dʰóh₁mos
  35. Proto-Germanic*dōmaz
  36. Englishtransdom

From trans + -dom (“group”).

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transdom · noun

  1. Proto-Indo-European*terh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*térh₂t
  3. Proto-Indo-European*tr̥h₂ónts
  4. Proto-Indo-European*tr̥h₂n̥ts
  5. Proto-Italic*trāns
  6. Proto-Italic*trāns-
  7. Latintrans-
  8. Englishtrans-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*ǵenh₁-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*ǵénh₁os
  11. Proto-Italic*genos
  12. Latingenus
  13. Old Frenchgendre
  14. Middle Englishgendre
  15. Englishgender
  16. Englishtransgenderclip.
  17. Englishtrans-
  18. Proto-Indo-European*sek-
  19. Proto-Indo-European*séks-u-s
  20. Proto-Italic*seksus
  21. Proto-Indo-European*sek-
  22. Proto-Indo-European*sékh₁yeti
  23. Proto-Italic*sekaō
  24. Latinsecō
  25. Latinsecāre?
  26. Latinsexus
  27. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  28. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  29. Latinsexuālis
  30. Englishsexual
  31. Englishtranssexualclip.
  32. Englishtrans
  33. Middle Frenchdominant
  34. Englishdominantclip.
  35. Englishtransdom

From trans + -dom (“dominance”).

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

“transdom.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transdom. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “transdom,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transdom.

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