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Meanings

noun

person with gender identity disorder

Medical/legal term for a person diagnosed with gender identity disorder (性同一性障害). Note that the diagnostic label has been evolving; in many contexts 性別違和 (gender dysphoria) or トランスジェンダー (transgender) are now preferred, but this term still appears in older legal and medical documents.

性せい同どう一いつ性せい障しょう害がい者しゃの性せい別べつ変へん更こうには、一いっ定ていの要よう件けんが必ひつ要ようとされている。
Certain requirements must be met for a person with gender identity disorder to change their legal gender.

Kanji

性sex, gender, nature
同same, agree, equal
一one, one radical (no.1)
障hinder, hurt, harm
害harm, injury
者someone, person

Related words

性せい同どう一いつ性せい障しょう害がい
The condition itself (gender identity disorder), while 性同一性障害者 refers to the person with the condition.
性せい別べつ違い和わ
Gender dysphoria; a more recent diagnostic term that focuses on distress rather than disorder, often preferred in contemporary contexts.
トランスジェンダー
Transgender; a broader identity term that is not medicalized and is commonly used in everyday and activist contexts.

Built from

性せい同どう一いつ性せい+障しょう害がい者しゃ

Etymology

Compound of 性同一性障害 (gender identity disorder) + 者 (person). The term 性同一性障害 itself is a calque from English 'gender identity disorder', composed of 性 (sex/gender), 同一性 (identity), and 障害 (disorder).