TERFism en · NOUN
Etymology
From TERF + -ism.
Meanings
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(derogatory, uncountable, usually) The beliefs on trans people held by TERFs (trans-exclusionary radical feminists).
TERFism is clearly unpopular with Zillennials.
2019, Robby Soave, Panic Attack: Young Radicals in the Age of Trump, unnumbered page:The validation always comes after the lifelong internalization of transphobic messages we see constantly promulgated in the mainstream media, the numbing regularity of TERFism being splashed across op-ed pages and uttered by prominent feminists, […]
2019, Rachel Anne Williams, Transgressive: A Trans Woman on Gender, Feminism, and Politics, page 239:Contemporary TERFism, or trans exclusive radical feminism, extends such arguments to deny the validity of transgender identities.
2018, Aniruddha Dutta, “Allegories of Gender: Transgender Autology versus Transracialism”, in Atlantis: Critical Studies in Gender, Culture & Social Justice, volume 39, number 2, page 90:
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pl TERFizm (Translations) · fr TERFisme (Translations)