transsexual
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7.2
- noun
- /trænˈsɛkʃuəl/
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transexual
- I do feel bad for transsexual people who are just trying to live their lives as adults and that now they're going to be perceived.
- male transsexuals
- female transsexuals
- transsexuals experience
There's it's no hassle whatsoever, but it leaves transsexual people high and dry.
- There's it's no hassle whatsoever, but it leaves transsexual people high and dry.
- The transsexuals weren't, The transsexuals were autistic.
- If you decide to send death threats to JK Rowling, you know, most transsexuals don't do that.
- I'd translate the word love as fascination, obsessed by, haunted by with transsexuals.
- And I talked on there about wanting to get blown by a transsexual because I was like, you know, it seemed like a great idea.
Examples
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How long have you been living as a transsexual?
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The studies using cognitive tests suggested a higher than average intelligence among transsexuals.
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There goes a transsexual, last seen heading south.
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This is very common among transsexuals.
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But that's part of life, as far as being a transsexual in New York City and surviving.
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I've decided that I'm a transsexual.
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We are currently investigating the attributional styles of transsexuals and their relation to psychological adjustment and stage of treatment.
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Male-to-female transsexuals became more psychologically stable after they lived as females and had surgical intervention.
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A large number of transsexuals receive hormonal treatment and sex reassignment surgery (SRS).
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Dr. Lebovic estimates that at least 1,000 transsexuals undergo surgery in the United States every year.
Synonyms
A person who feels they are the opposite sex and may have medical treatment to change their body
Compounds
- Archaic
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6.6
Operations and hormone treatment that change a person's body so it looks more like a man or a woman
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Transsexual combines trans- meaning 'across' or 'on the other side' and sexual, from sex, meaning 'male or female'. So a transsexual is a person who crosses from the sex they were assigned at birth to live as another gender, often using medical care to make that change.