トランスフォビア
解説 Definition
transphobia は、トランスジェンダーの人々に対する偏見、嫌悪、差別的な態度を指す語です。日本語の「トランスフォビア」と同じ意味で使われますが、個人の感情だけでなく制度的な差別についても使われます。
Prejudice, hostility, aversion, or discrimination directed at transgender people or people perceived as transgender. The term can describe individual attitudes and behavior as well as discriminatory practices or institutional barriers.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
trans はここでは主に transgender に結び付き、-phobia はギリシャ語 phobos「恐れ」に由来します。ただし実際の意味は単なる恐怖症に限らず、トランスジェンダーの人々への偏見・嫌悪・差別や制度的障壁まで含みます。address transphobia、combat transphobia など、問題への対応を表す動詞と一緒に覚えます。
Connect trans in transphobia with transgender people, and recognize -phobia from words naming fear or aversion. However, do not limit the meaning to a clinical fear. In current social use, transphobia covers prejudice, hostility, exclusion, harassment, discrimination, and institutional barriers affecting transgender people or those perceived as transgender. Picture practical contexts such as a school workshop about transphobia, a report on its effects on health-care access, or a workplace policy designed to address it. Common verbs include address, challenge, combat, and experience. The contrasting idea is acceptance and equal treatment of transgender people.
例文
The school held a workshop about transphobia.
その学校はトランスフォビアについての研修会を開きました。
The report describes how transphobia affects access to health care.
その報告書は、トランスフォビアが医療へのアクセスにどう影響するかを説明しています。
The company updated its policy to address transphobia in the workplace.
その会社は職場でのトランスフォビアに対応するため、方針を更新しました。
transphobia の類義語・関連語
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transphobia の語源・成り立ち Etymology
transphobia は trans-「越えて・反対側へ」と、ギリシャ語 phobos「恐れ」に由来する -phobia が結びついた語。性別移行や越境を表す trans に「恐怖・嫌悪」が重なり、語の構造から意味がつかめる。関連語は transfer、claustrophobia。
Transphobia combines trans, used in reference to transgender identity and ultimately related to Latin trans, “across” or “beyond,” with -phobia. The suffix comes through Greek phobos, “fear,” but in modern social terms it often denotes hostility, aversion, prejudice, or discrimination rather than a medical phobia. The word consequently developed as a label for negative attitudes and discriminatory treatment directed toward transgender people, including both individual conduct and systemic practices.
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