detransition

verb
/ˌdiː.tɹænˈzɪ.ʃən/UK/ˌdi.tɹænˈzɪ.ʃən/US

Etymology

From de- + transition.

  1. derived from transitio
  2. borrowed from transition
  3. formed as detransition — “de- + transition

Definitions

  1. To revert to one's original gender presentation, role, or identity.

    • People detransition because they may find it difficult to get jobs, or because of social ostracism, not passing in their target gender, family responsibilities, and so on.
    • I recently had an encounter in which I was asked if I was detransitioning simply because I was wearing a pair of jeans!
  2. The act of one who detransitions.

    • But in 2020, after coming across detransition videos online, she began to doubt the gender-affirming model.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for detransition. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA