transgenderism

noun

tran(t)s-ˈjen-dər-ˌi-zəm 

tranz-

1

offensive; see usage paragraph below : the fact of being transgender : the existence of transgender identity

2

offensive; see usage paragraph below : consideration of transgender identity as an acceptable identity : acceptance of transgender people as a group

Usage of Transgenderism

While originally a neutral and largely academic term referring primarily to the fact of being a person whose gender identity differs from the sex the person was identified as having at birth, transgenderism has come to refer to consideration of transgender identity as an acceptable identity. This newer use was coined by people calling for legal and social denial of such consideration, and has affected all uses of the word, which is now widely rejected by transgender people themselves.

Examples of transgenderism in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

According to The New York Times, Fleming discovered transgenderism in the 8th grade. —Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 7 Dec. 2025

Hundreds of copies of lesson books published by Rethinking Schools, specifically their texts on black activism and transgenderism, have been distributed to NEA members this year alone. —Robert Schmad, The Washington Examiner, 21 Oct. 2025

Corrupted ideologies like transgenderism and Antifa are a cancer on our culture and have unleashed their deranged and drugged-up foot soldiers on the American people. —James Bickerton, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1965, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for transgenderism

• activism
• ageism
• albinism
• altruism
• aneurism
• animism
• aphorism
• atomism
• barbarism
• bolshevism
• botulism
• brahmanism