detransition

English

Etymology

de- + transition

Verb

detransition (third-person singular simple present detransitions, present participle detransitioning, simple past and past participle detransitioned)

  1. (intransitive, LGBT) To change back to one's original gender presentation, role or identity.
    • 2007, Helen Boyd, She's Not the Man I Married, page 303:
      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.
    • 2014, Michelle Spicer, The Transgender Handbook:
      I recently had an encounter in which I was asked if I was detransitioning simply because I was wearing a pair of jeans!

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