retransition
Return to previous
Retransition is to transition back to a previous state, especially when someone who has undergone gender transition returns to living as their birth sex.
The term appears in medical and social contexts discussing detransition: After five years, she retransitioned and now identifies as male again.
More broadly, retransition can describe any return to an earlier condition after a period of change.
Stopping gender transition
- genderSocial identity category
- transgenderGender differs from assignment
- nonbinaryOutside male-female categories
- dysphoriaProfound psychological discomfort
desistance · questioning · affirmation · pronouns · authenticity · fluidity · expression · coming-out
Movement or work period
- transformationThorough change in form
- reversalComplete change of direction
- pivotPoint of rotation
- switchCircuit-breaking toggle device
turnabout · realignment · recalibration · restructuring · modification · alteration · redirection · about-face
Return to former state
- revertingReturning to earlier state
- homecomingReturning to one's origin
- reentryComing back in
- readjustmentModifying something again
reintegration · reassimilation · reestablishment · restoration · reclamation · recovery · renewal · reconciliation
Distinct periods or platforms
- timelineOrdered display of events
- stepsSequential actions in process
- progressionSequential forward movement
- adjustmentAlteration to improve fit
adaptation · navigation · journey · pathway · recommencement · restart · continuation · resumption
detransition
Stopping gender transition
- genderSocial identity category
- transgenderGender differs from assignment
- nonbinaryOutside male-female categories
dysphoria · desistance · questioning · affirmation · pronouns · authenticity · fluidity · expression · coming-out · acceptance
shift
Movement or work period
- transformationThorough change in form
- reversalComplete change of direction
- pivotPoint of rotation
switch · turnabout · realignment · recalibration · restructuring · modification · alteration · redirection · about-face · turnaround
reversion
Return to former state
- revertingReturning to earlier state
- homecomingReturning to one's origin
- reentryComing back in
readjustment · reintegration · reassimilation · reestablishment · restoration · reclamation · recovery · renewal · reconciliation · repatriation
stages
Distinct periods or platforms
- timelineOrdered display of events
- stepsSequential actions in process
- progressionSequential forward movement
adjustment · adaptation · navigation · journey · pathway · recommencement · restart · continuation · resumption · proceeding