detransition
/ˌdi.tɹænˈzɪ.ʃən/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The act of one who detransitions.
Example Sentences
- "People detransition because they may find it difficult to get jobs, or because of social ostracism, not passing in their target gender, family responsibilities, and so on."
- "I recently had an encounter in which I was asked if I was detransitioning simply because I was wearing a pair of jeans!"
- "“I wish there had been more open conversations,” Powell, now 23 and detransitioned, told me. “But I was told there is one cure and one thing to do if this is your problem, and this will help you.” […] As one detransitioned man, now in a gay relationship, put it, “I was a gay man pumped up to look like a woman and dated a lesbian who was pumped up to look like a man."
- "Thus, “[t]he number of people who detransition or discontinue gender treatments is not precisely known.”"
- "But in 2020, after coming across detransition videos online, she began to doubt the gender-affirming model."
Etymology
From de- + transition.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌdi.tɹænˈzɪ.ʃən/
- British English: /ˌdiː.tɹænˈzɪ.ʃən/