Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gender transition

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.22 in modern English

Syllables: gen-der -tran-si-tion
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Process or act of changing one's gender role or physical characteristics, by social, medical, or legal methods, to conform to one's identified gender, rather than the sex assigned at birth.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"This book is intended to be a guide for MtF and FtM Transsexuals in managing the legal aspects of gender transition."

Usage

Inflected Forms

gender transitions (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

detransition retransition

Questions

What does gender transition mean?: Process or act of changing one's gender role or physical characteristics, by social, medical, or legal methods, to conform to one's identified gender, rather than the sex assigned at birth.

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