transmasculinity

noun

The quality of being transmasculine.

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Meanings

nountransmasculinity (countable and uncountable, plural transmasculinities)

plural transmasculinities

  1. countableuncountableThe quality of being transmasculine.

    For 70 respondents (40 per cent), transmasculinity is unequivocally and qualitatively different from cismasculinity.

    2016, matthew heinz, Entering Transmasculinity: The Inevitability of Discourse, unnumbered page
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    […] Transmasculinity is not a special—or single—type of masculinity. It is more aptly described as a context: masculinity as enacted by people with transgender identities.

    2014, Tommaso M. Milani, Language and Masculinities: Performances, Intersections, Dislocations, Routledge, →ISBN, page 197

Origin

From trans- + masculinity.

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Translations

French transmasculinité
  • transmasculinitéTranslations
Polish transmęskość
  • transmęskośćTranslations
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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