deadname
verb/ˈdedneɪm/
/ˈdedneɪm/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they deadname | /ˈdedneɪm/ /ˈdedneɪm/ |
| he / she / it deadnames | /ˈdedneɪmz/ /ˈdedneɪmz/ |
| past simple deadnamed | /ˈdedneɪmd/ /ˈdedneɪmd/ |
| past participle deadnamed | /ˈdedneɪmd/ /ˈdedneɪmd/ |
| -ing form deadnaming | /ˈdedneɪmɪŋ/ /ˈdedneɪmɪŋ/ |
- deadname somebody to call a transgender person (= somebody whose gender is not the same as the sex they were said to have at birth) by the name that they were given when they were born but they do not use any more
- She refuses to accept being deadnamed and always complains when it happens.
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