Meanings
- offensivesometimesuncountableThe condition of being transgendered.
To her surprise Deirdre will find that the inevitable challenge to her transgenderedness she anticipates does not come from her profession.
2007, Dana Anderson, Identity's Strategy: Rhetorical Selves in Conversion, page 1312 more examples
I have also stressed Jess's role as a “mother” to Kim—by which I mean her role in offering the daughter not only transgenderedness but also empowered femaleness.
2003, Susan Fraiman, Cool Men and the Second Sex, page 155My husband's transgenderedness is not a present, or if it is, it's a present I'd return if I had the receipt. So would he. Not because we don't like it — we both do, to an extent — but because there's nowhere to put it. We can't put it in the closet because that makes him unhappy, and we can't put it out in public because that makes everyone else unhappy.
2006, J. Ari Kane-Demaios, Vern L. Bullough, Crossing Sexual Boundaries: Transgender Journeys, Uncharted PathsSynonyms: transgenderness, others at transness
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe condition of being transgendered.
Origin
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transgenderedness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transgenderedness
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