transsexualityn.
/tran(z)sɛkʃʊˈalᵻti/, /tran(z)sɛksjʊˈalɪti/, /trɑːn(z)sɛkʃʊˈalᵻti/, /trɑːn(z)sɛksjʊˈalɪti/, U.S. /træn(t)(s)ˌsɛkʃəˈwælədi/, /trænzˌsɛkʃəˈwælədi/ 1. Homosexuality or bisexuality, regarded as being due to the possession of psychological and emotional characteristics of the opposite sex (cf. sense 2). rare.The use of the word in this sense seems never to have gained wide currency.
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1941 G. Legman in G. W. Henry Sex Variants II. App. vii. 1149 Homosexuality..is more widely used than any other of the many terms that have been proposed, such as..transsexuality.
1948 A. C. Kinsey et al. Sexual Behavior Human Male iii. xxi. 612 The terms sexual inversion, intersexuality, transsexuality, the third sex, psychosexual hermaphroditism, and others have been applied [to homosexuality] not merely to designate the nature of the partner involved.., but to emphasize the general opinion that individuals engaging in homosexual activity are..persons of mixed sex.
2. The state or quality of being born with the physical characteristics of one sex but identifying as belonging to the other sex, the condition or fact of being transsexual (transsexual adj. 2); = transsexualism n.Use of transsexuality is increasingly common, although transsexualism remains the most widely accepted term among transsexual people, academics, and medical practitioners.
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the world > life > sex and gender > transgender person > [noun] > identity or experience
transsexuality1950
transsexualism1953
transgender1984
1950 D. O. Cauldwell Questions & Answers on Trans-sexuals 12 Here and there an extremely well integrated individual understands his transsexuality and accomplishes psychological adjustment.
1966 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 9 Apr. 873/2 The distinction which can now be made between transvestism as a symptom and the syndrome of transsexuality.
1980 Boston Globe 19 June 43/1 I need someone to talk to about transsexuality. My parents are so proud of me, and I'm afraid of their feelings if they find out their son wants to be their daughter.
2008 D. A. Bell China's New Confucianism App. 2. 208 Seemingly more liberal Hong Kongers tend to be less supportive of transgenderism and transsexuality compared to mainland Chinese.
3. The condition or quality of having or combining characteristics of both sexes, or of moving between or transcending different sex or gender roles, identities, etc.; androgyny.
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1970 Listener 84 422 (advt.) One of our best writers..a remarkable feat of literary transsexuality.
1973 J. Marks Mick Jagger 142 Jagger's trans-sexuality is just one of the things which makes him qualify as our great hero.
1994 S. Layton Russ. Lit. & Empire 189 This rhetorical transsexuality tears down the grammatical categories of gender to effect a merger between the male self and the beloved wilderness.
2007 R. Weis Shakespeare Unbound xxii. 301 Whereas Rosalind in As You Like It is empowered by her disguise.., Viola is trapped in her transsexuality.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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