Meanings
comparative more transphobic · superlative most transphobic
- 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 Blue1 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 GuardianSynonyms: 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
Cite this entry
transphobic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transphobic
“transphobic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transphobic. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “transphobic,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transphobic.
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