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rapid-onset gender dysphoria en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Coined by Lisa Littman in July 2016. First appeared in a notice posted to a gender-critical blog and was later popularized by a 2018 paper by Littman.

Meanings

  1. (qualifier:gender critical, uncountable) A controversial and scientifically unsupported subset of gender dysphoria claimed to be caused by social influence.
    • Rapid onset gender dysphoria, by contrast, usually only relates to biological females, and is determined by a sudden acknowledgment they may be trans with little to no prior signals. 2022 September 8, Nikolas Lanum, “New 'Tucker Carlson Originals' two-part special sees 'detransitioners' speak out against trans 'movement'”, in Fox News:

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Synonyms

ROGD