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TERFism en · NOUN

Etymology

From TERF + -ism.

Meanings

  1. (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:

Translations (2)

pl TERFizm (Translations) · fr TERFisme (Translations)