Transphobia
noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Hatred or fear of, or prejudice against, transgender and transsexual people. uncountable, usually
"It is not really a debate about privacy and personal safety versus politics, so much as an impulse towards pride and a rejection of internalized transphobia."
- 2 The preference of pairs of high-trans effect soft ligands to avoid being mutually trans by becoming cis and having other low-trans effect hard ligands trans to themselves. uncountable, usually
"This unusual reactivity and the selectivity observed can be explained as a consequence of the high transphobia of aryl and P-donor ligands […]"
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More examples"Transphobia, also known as trans antagonism, is the main cause of the disparity between the mental health of transgender and cisgender people. Hormonal and surgical interventions are, in most cases, the best way to improve the mental health of transgender people."
Etymology
From trans- + -phobia or trans + -phobia.
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