# transgendercide

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. The killing of a transgender person or transgender people collectively because of their gender, especially when motivated by transphobia.

## Etymology
From transgender + -cide, by analogy with genocide, homicide, femicide, etc. In some uses, a calque of Spanish travesticidio (“travesticide”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/transgendercide