noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A person who fears, hates or is prejudiced against transgender or transsexual people.

   "The object of scorn in the films are not transpersons, but the bigoted transphobes who are made to look like fools."

Synonyms

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cissexistcissexist

Antonyms

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transphile

Example

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"They cast David as a transphobe."

Etymology

From trans- + -phobe.

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