Meanings
plural transsexualisms
- uncountableusuallyTranssexuality; the state of being transsexual.
Transfolk are not covered in any applicable laws like Title VII or the ADA - in fact, transsexualism is explicitly excluded from the ADA. Therefore, you have no causes of action against an employer based on federal law.
1997, A. Spencer Bergstedt, Transition and Beyond, page 281 more example
Being a transsexual is not something that can be ignored or suppressed forever. Unlike the fascinations of the cross dresser or the partially altered transgenderist, the absolute compulsion of classical transsexualism is a matter of life and death.
2012, Patrick Slattery, Curriculum Development in the Postmodern EraSynonyms: Harry Benjamin syndrome, transsexuality, transsexualness, transsex
Synonyms & antonyms
nounTranssexuality; the state of being transsexual.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*terh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*térh₂t
- Proto-Indo-European*tr̥h₂ónts
- Proto-Indo-European*tr̥h₂n̥ts
- Proto-Italic*trāns
- Proto-Italic*trāns-
- Latintrans-
- Englishtrans-
- Proto-Indo-European*sek-
- Proto-Indo-European*séks-u-s
- Proto-Italic*seksus
- Proto-Indo-European*sek-
- Proto-Indo-European*sékh₁yeti
- Proto-Italic*sekaō
- Latinsecō
- Latinsecāre?
- Latinsexus
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Latinsexuālis
- Englishsexual
- Englishtranssexual
- Englishtranssexualism
From transsexual + -ism.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
transsexualism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transsexualism
“transsexualism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transsexualism. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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