transphobic

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adjective

Exhibiting transphobia.

Scrabble 20

Meanings

adjectivetransphobic (comparative more transphobic, superlative most transphobic)

comparative more transphobic · superlative most transphobic

  1. Exhibiting transphobia.

    And it too closely parallels transphobic attacks that charge: "Once a man, always a man; once a woman, always a woman."

    1999, Leslie Feinberg, Trans Liberation: Beyond Pink or Blue
    1 more example

    When 64% of trans pupils say they are bullied for being LGBTQ+ at school, almost half of those bullied never tell anyone about it, and 46% say they hear transphobic language “frequently” at school, it’s fair to say there is a crisis in our education system around tackling bullying, violence, harassment and social exclusion.

    August 24 2021, Shon Faye, “‘I feel like it’s quite shaky acceptance’: trans kids and the fight for inclusion”, in The Guardian

    Synonyms: anti-trans, antitransgender, transantagonistic, transmisic

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveExhibiting transphobia.

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivePrejudiced against transgender people

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Translations

Esperanto transfobia
  • transfobiarelating to or characteristic of transphobia
French transphobe
  • transphoberelating to or characteristic of transphobia
German transfeindlich, transphob
  • transfeindlichrelating to or characteristic of transphobia
  • transphobrelating to or characteristic of transphobia
  • transphobischrelating to or characteristic of transphobia
Irish trasfóbach
  • trasfóbachrelating to or characteristic of transphobia
Italian transfobico
  • transfobicorelating to or characteristic of transphobia
Polish transfobiczny
  • transfobicznyrelating to or characteristic of transphobia
Portuguese transfóbico
  • transfóbicorelating to or characteristic of transphobia
Spanish tránsfobo, transfóbico
  • tránsfoborelating to or characteristic of transphobia
  • transfóbicorelating to or characteristic of transphobia
Swedish transfob, transfobisk
  • transfobrelating to or characteristic of transphobia
  • transfobiskrelating to or characteristic of transphobia
Turkish transfobik
  • transfobikrelating to or characteristic of transphobia
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APA

transphobic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transphobic

MLA

“transphobic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transphobic. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “transphobic,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transphobic.

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