单词 | transsexual |
释义 | transsexualadj.n. A. adj. 1. Existing or occurring between men and women; applicable to or suitable for members of both sexes. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > sex and gender > [adjective] > suitable for either sex or gender mixed1644 bisexous1646 cock and hen1785 ambosexual1788 transsexual1907 heterosexual1912 unisexual1932 bi-gendered1961 gender-neutral1963 unisex1966 pangender1978 the world > life > sex and gender > [adjective] > existing or occurring between the sexes intersex1770 intersexual1825 transsexual1907 1907 Med. Times (N.Y.) Jan. 26/2 The desire to make transsexual acquaintance, of greater or less degree of impropriety, without previous acquaintance. 1978 Logophile 8 8/1 The word ‘clerk’ sounds acceptably undiscriminatory and trans-sexual. 2. a. Designating a person born with the physical characteristics of one sex but who identifies as belonging to the other sex; living or wishing to live as a member of the opposite sex. Sometimes spec.: that has undergone or is undergoing sex reassignment. ΚΠ 1956 H. Benjamin in D. O. Cauldwell Transvestism i. 22 Feminine appearance and orientation are often striking in these people, although some fully trans-sexual individuals have masculine features. 1978 Off our Backs Mar. 24/3 One can only imagine the horrors a transsexual woman must go through at the hands of male surgeons. 1992 Jrnl. Hist. Sexuality 3 294 There are a significant number of transsexual men and women who identify as gay after surgery. 1999 Manawatu (N.Z.) Standard (Nexis) 9 Oct. 2 Ms Beyer is a trans-sexual woman, and has been since her sex change operation in 1984. 2015 Jrnl.-Courier (Jacksonville, Illinois) 17 Aug. 8 a/6 Padilla..signed two executive orders that allow transgender and transsexual people to change their gender on their driver's license. b. Of, relating to, or associated with transsexual people or transsexualism; (also) of or relating to the process of sex reassignment. ΘΚΠ the world > life > sex and gender > transgender person > [adjective] transsexual1957 transsexualist1959 male-to-female1966 female-to-male1971 transgender1974 trans1981 FTM1987 MTF1990 1957 Amer. Jrnl. Psychotherapy 11 85 Other kinds of secondary experiences might give rise to transsexual tendencies. 1970 Daily Tel. 21 Dec. 2/6 More people with transsexual problems are seeking National Health sex-change operations. 1978 N.Y. Times 19 Dec. c1/6 The tendency for some people to develop homosexual or transsexual identities may have a biological basis. 1994 J. Halberstam in L. Doan Lesbian Postmodern xii. 218 Identity is nowhere more obviously bound to gender and sexuality than in the case of transsexual surgery. 2014 Times of India (Nexis) 13 Jan. Das..has been doing her best to break the stereotypes associated with the transsexual community. B. n. A transsexual person; spec. a person who has undergone or is undergoing sex reassignment.Noun use (i.e. referring to transsexuals rather than transsexual people) is now often deprecated and discouraged by members of the transsexual community. ΘΚΠ the world > life > sex and gender > transgender person > [noun] she-male1842 ladyboy1857 mujerado1882 transsexual1949 transsexualist1954 male-to-female1977 transgender1979 transperson1979 FTM1987 MTF1990 the world > life > sex and gender > [noun] > reassignment of sex or gender > one who has undergone transsexual1949 1949 D. O. Cauldwell in Sexology Dec. 280/1 There are case histories of outstanding social, civic and other leaders who were transexuals. 1977 Times 18 Aug. 6/2 Dr Renée Richards, aged 42, a transsexual who was a man until 1975. 1996 A. Corbeill Controlling Laughter iv. 144 Female-to-male transsexuals remark on how testosterone raises the body temperature. 2013 Post-Standard (Syracuse, N.Y.) 24 Feb. a19/5 Transgender individuals..hope New York will pass a measure to protect the rights of transsexuals and others with a gender identity different from the way they were born. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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