Phrase guide

gender dysphoria

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A profound and persistent unhappiness caused by having characteristics (body parts, clothing, etc) of, or being perceived as, a gender different from one's gender identity, experienced especially by transgender people.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: GD, gender identity disorder

Antonyms: gender euphoria

History

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Across languages

Translations

28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: genderdisforie — profound unhappiness related to characteristics associated with one's birth-assigned sex, experienced by some transgender people
  • Arabic: اِضْطِرَاب هُوِيَّة جِنْسِيّ — profound unhappiness related to characteristics associated with one's birth-assigned sex, experienced by some transgender people
  • Catalan: disfòria de gènere — profound unhappiness related to characteristics associated with one's birth-assigned sex, experienced by some transgender people
  • Chinese Mandarin: 性別焦慮 /性别焦虑 (xìngbié jiāolǜ) — profound unhappiness related to characteristics associated with one's birth-assigned sex, experienced by some transgender people
  • Chinese Mandarin: 性別不安 /性别不安 (xìngbié bù'ān) — profound unhappiness related to characteristics associated with one's birth-assigned sex, experienced by some transgender people
  • Danish: kønsdysfori — profound unhappiness related to characteristics associated with one's birth-assigned sex, experienced by some transgender people
  • Dutch: genderdysforie — profound unhappiness related to characteristics associated with one's birth-assigned sex, experienced by some transgender people
  • Esperanto: genra disforio — profound unhappiness related to characteristics associated with one's birth-assigned sex, experienced by some transgender people
  • Finnish: sukupuoli-identiteetin häiriö — profound unhappiness related to characteristics associated with one's birth-assigned sex, experienced by some transgender people
  • Finnish: sukupuolidysforia — profound unhappiness related to characteristics associated with one's birth-assigned sex, experienced by some transgender people
  • French: dysphorie de genre — profound unhappiness related to characteristics associated with one's birth-assigned sex, experienced by some transgender people
  • German: Gender-Dysphorie — profound unhappiness related to characteristics associated with one's birth-assigned sex, experienced by some transgender people
  • German: Geschlechtsdysphorie — profound unhappiness related to characteristics associated with one's birth-assigned sex, experienced by some transgender people
  • Greek: δυσφορία φύλου (dysforía fýlou) — profound unhappiness related to characteristics associated with one's birth-assigned sex, experienced by some transgender people
  • Hungarian: nemi diszfória — profound unhappiness related to characteristics associated with one's birth-assigned sex, experienced by some transgender people
  • Irish: diosfóiria inscne — profound unhappiness related to characteristics associated with one's birth-assigned sex, experienced by some transgender people
  • Italian: incongruenza di genere — profound unhappiness related to characteristics associated with one's birth-assigned sex, experienced by some transgender people
  • Japanese: 性別違和 (seibetsu iwa) — profound unhappiness related to characteristics associated with one's birth-assigned sex, experienced by some transgender people
  • Korean: 성별 불쾌감 (seongbyeol bulkwaegam) — profound unhappiness related to characteristics associated with one's birth-assigned sex, experienced by some transgender people
  • Polish: dysforia płciowa — profound unhappiness related to characteristics associated with one's birth-assigned sex, experienced by some transgender people
  • Portuguese: disforia de gênero — profound unhappiness related to characteristics associated with one's birth-assigned sex, experienced by some transgender people
  • Portuguese: disforia de género — profound unhappiness related to characteristics associated with one's birth-assigned sex, experienced by some transgender people
  • Romanian: disforie de gen — profound unhappiness related to characteristics associated with one's birth-assigned sex, experienced by some transgender people
  • Russian: гендерная дисфория (gendernaja disforija) — profound unhappiness related to characteristics associated with one's birth-assigned sex, experienced by some transgender people
  • Spanish: disforia de género — profound unhappiness related to characteristics associated with one's birth-assigned sex, experienced by some transgender people
  • Swedish: könsdysfori — profound unhappiness related to characteristics associated with one's birth-assigned sex, experienced by some transgender people
  • Swedish: könsidentitetsstörning — profound unhappiness related to characteristics associated with one's birth-assigned sex, experienced by some transgender people
  • Welsh: dysfforia rhywedd — profound unhappiness related to characteristics associated with one's birth-assigned sex, experienced by some transgender people