transvesticide

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A form of travesticide — The killing of a travesti because of her gender, especially when motivated by transmisogyny.

Scrabble 20

Meanings

nountransvesticide (plural transvesticides)

plural transvesticides

  1. Latin AmericaalternativeAlternative form of travesticide.

    At the same time, it enables higher levels of sexist violence in society, with its wake of femicides, transvesticides, transfemicides and other hate crimes.

    2020, Celeste Fierro, Feminism in Debate, Reform or Revolution?, unnumbered page
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    In recent years, contemporary protest movements such as NiUnaMenos (NotOne[Woman]Less) have drawn attention to the country's rising number of femicides, a category that in Argentina includes transvesticides and transfemicides.

    2019, C. J. W.-L. Wee, “Contemporary theatre, the contemporary, and historicity”, in Helena Grehan, Peter Eckersall, editors, The Routledge Companion to Theatre and Politics, unnumbered page

    Later, the tragedy surrounding transvesticide was added to the campaign. Femicide and transvesticide show, in the most brutal way, the power relations of the current patriarchy.

    2020, Ana Isabel González Montes, “Argentinean Feminist Movements: Debates from praxis”, in Diana Mulinari, Khayaat Fakier, Nora Räthzel, editors, Marxist-Feminist Theories and Struggles Today: Essential Writings on Intersectionality, Postcolonialism and Ecofeminism, page 287

Origin

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APA

transvesticide. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transvesticide

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“transvesticide.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transvesticide. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “transvesticide,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transvesticide.

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