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transgender | test |

As nouns the difference between transgender and test

is that transgender is while test is .

As an adjective transgender

is (narrowly|of a person) having a gender identity (self-image) which is the opposite of one's physical sex: being physically male but identifying as female, or vice versa.

As a verb transgender

is (lb) to change the gender of; (used loosely) to change the sex of.

transgender

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (narrowly, of a person) Having a gender identity (self-image) which is the opposite of one's physical sex: being physically male but identifying as female, or vice versa.
  • * 2010 , Jessica Green, "I'm sorry, I'm not lesbian", The Guardian , 3 Mar 2010:
  • One head of a small gay charity visibly flinched when I mentioned my boyfriend and has been cold towards me ever since. I've even caught someone staring down my top to see if I'm transgender .
  • * 2010 , Natasha Lennard, "City Room", New York Times , 7 Apr 2010:
  • But the inclusion of the word “trannie” — a pejorative, in some circles — in the title, and the film’s parodic representation of transgender women, has offended many people.
  • (broadly, of a person) Not identifying with culturally conventional gender roles and categories of male or female; having changed gender identity from male to female or female to male, or identifying with elements of both, or having some other gender identity.
  • *
  • * 1998 , John Cloud, "Trans across America", Time , 20 Feb 1998:
  • Their first step was to reclaim the power to name themselves: transgender is now the term most widely used, and it encompasses everyone from cross-dressers (those who dress in clothes of the opposite sex) to transsexuals (those who surgically "correct" their genitals to match their "real" gender).

    Synonyms

    * TG (abbreviated form)

    Antonyms

    * cisgender

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • * 2007 , Alison Stone, An Introduction to Feminist Philosophy (ISBN 074563883X), page 41
  • Before we can answer this question, we need to consider two other phenomena – transsex and transgender – which also expose the muddle within conventional categories of sex.
  • A transgender person.
  • * 2005 , Walter Bockting & Eric Avery, Transgender Health and HIV Prevention , p. 116:
  • In a patriarchal society in which machismo rules, MTF transgenders represent a challenge to traditional masculinity due to their renouncing of the male position of social power.
  • * 2006 , Jayne Caudwell, Sport, Sexualities and Queer/theory , p. 122:
  • Individual transgenders could compete in any division; however, transgender teams could not play against biological women's teams.

    Usage notes

    * See the usage note at transsexual regarding the use of this type of word as a noun.

    Hypernyms

    *LGBT

    Coordinate terms

    * two-spirit, berdache * hijra

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (lb) To change the gender of; (used loosely) to change the sex of.
  • * 2005 , Sue Tolleson-Rinehart, ?Jyl J. Josephson, Gender and American Politics (ISBN 0765631563), pages 15 and 205:
  • and one that is still dominated by male nominees, women nominees might be seen as either contributing to the regendering, or the transgendering , of the Cabinet.
    This chapter examines women secretaries-designate in terms of their contributions to regendering or transgendering a cabinet office, to a gender desegregation or integration of the cabinet.
  • * (seeCites)
  • See also

    * LGBT, LGBTQ, LGBTQIA * TS * crossdress * drag * SRS * ----

    test

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) ; see terra, thirst.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A cupel or cupelling hearth in which precious metals are melted for trial and refinement.
  • A , trial.
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2012, month=March-April
  • , author=Colin Allen , title=Do I See What You See? , volume=100, issue=2, page=168 , magazine=(American Scientist) citation , passage=Numerous experimental tests and other observations have been offered in favor of animal mind reading, and although many scientists are skeptical, others assert that humans are not the only species capable of representing what others do and don’t perceive and know.}}
  • (academia) An examination, given often during the academic term.
  • A session in which a product or piece of equipment is examined under everyday or extreme conditions to evaluate its durability, etc.
  • A Test match.
  • (marine biology) The external calciferous shell, or endoskeleton, of an echinoderm, e.g. sand dollars]] and sea urchins.
  • (botany) Testa; seed coat.
  • Judgment; distinction; discrimination.
  • * Dryden
  • Who would excel, when few can make a test / Betwixt indifferent writing and the best?
    Synonyms
    * (challenge) challenge, trial * (sense) quiz, examination
    Antonyms
    * (challenge) breeze * (sense) recess
    Derived terms
    * acid test * babysitter test * blood test * flame test * inkblot test * litmus test * nose test * Rorschach test * smell test * smoke test * sniff test * stress test * test case * tester * test tube
    Descendants
    * German: (l) * Dutch: (l)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To refine (gold, silver, etc.) in a test or cupel; to subject to cupellation.
  • To .
  • Climbing the mountain tested our stamina.
  • To put to the proof; to prove the truth, genuineness, or quality of by experiment, or by some principle or standard; to try.
  • to test''' the soundness of a principle; to '''test the validity of an argument
  • * Washington
  • Experience is the surest standard by which to test the real tendency of the existing constitution.
  • (academics) To administer or assign an examination, often given during the academic term, to (somebody).
  • To place a product or piece of equipment under everyday and/or extreme conditions and examine it for its durability, etc.
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=May-June, author= Charles T. Ambrose
  • , title= Alzheimer’s Disease , volume=101, issue=3, page=200, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems— […]. Such a slow-release device containing angiogenic factors could be placed on the pia mater covering the cerebral cortex and tested in persons with senile dementia in long term studies.}}
  • (copulative) To be shown to be by test.
  • (chemistry) To examine or try, as by the use of some reagent.
  • to test a solution by litmus paper
    Descendants
    * German: (l)

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) tester, from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A witness.
  • * Ld. Berners
  • Prelates and great lords of England, who were for the more surety tests of that deed.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To make a testament, or will.