retransition
/ˌɹi.tɹænˈzɪ.ʃən/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
verb
To transition again.
verb
To transition again.
Example Sentences
- "The content of the development is harder to define; it may include new material, but typically involves development of motives and themes from the exposition leading to a retransition."
- "With apologies to my friends who have detransitioned or retransitioned if I get this wrong, this is what I've learned."
- "One reason for encouraging detransitioners to go through counselling and avoid rushing into further surgery is that many go on to retransition again in the future."
- "She also observes that within the number of those who detransition, a significant proportion do so due to how intense their experiences of rejection and transphobia are – and so then actually retransition further on in life."
- "Included in this group were 4 individuals (1.3% of the total sample) who retransitioned twice (to nonbinary then back to binary transgender). Some youth (3.5%) were currently living as nonbinary, including one who had retransitioned first to cisgender then to nonbinary. Finally, 2.5% were using pronouns associated with their sex at birth and could be categorized as cisgender at the time of data collection, including one who first retransitioned to live as nonbinary."
- "Finally, some who embrace the psychological paradigm critique transition-affirmative approaches by pointing to studies showing that a statistically significant number of people who have undergone transition – one 2009 study suggests up to 8 percent – have later expressed regrets, with some even deciding to retransition back to their birth sex."
Etymology
From re- + transition.
Word Breakdown
- Prefix: re
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌɹi.tɹænˈzɪ.ʃən/
- British English: /ˌɹiː.tɹænˈzɪ.ʃən/