Definition of TERFy - Reverso English Dictionary

Adjective

feminism

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Slang

resembling trans-exclusionary feminism or its views

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Slang

Her comments were criticized as being TERFy.
The article was criticized for its TERFy tone.
Her stance on the issue seemed TERFy to many.

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Origin of TERFy

English, TERF (trans-exclusionary radical feminist) + y (characteristic of)

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French:trans-exclusif, ...
German:TERF-artig, ...
Italian:trans-escludente, ...
Spanish:trans-excluyente, ...
Portuguese:transfóbico, ...
Chinese:排斥跨性别的, ...
Japanese:トランス排除的フェミニズム的な, ...
Arabic:إقصائي تجاه المتحولات جنسياً, ...
Hebrew:פֶּמִינִיסְטִי מוֹצִיא נָשִׁים טְרַנְסְגֶ'נְדֶּרִיּוֹת, ...
Russian:трансфобный, ...
Ukrainian:транс-ексклюзивний, ...
Hindi:टर्फी, ...
Bengali:ট্রান্স-বর্জনকারী নারীবাদী, ...
Catalan:trans-excloent, ...
Czech:terfí, ...
Danish:trans-ekskluderende, ...
Dutch:trans-exclusief, ...
Greek:αποκλειστικός, ...
Hungarian:TERF-es, ...
Khmer:ដែលមានទស្សនៈស្ត្រីនិយមបដិសេធមិនរាប់បញ្ចូលអ្នកប្តូរភេទ, ...
Korean:트랜스 배제적인, ...
Persian:ضد ترنس, ...
Polish:trans-wykluczający, ...
Portuguese (BR):transfóbico, ...
Romanian:TERFy, ...
Swedish:TERF-liknande, ...
Thai:คล้ายกับสตรีนิยมที่ไม่ยอมรับคนข้ามเพศ, ...
Turkish:trans-dışlayıcı, ...
Vietnamese:giống TERF, ...

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