TERF

Etymology 1
. The earliest recorded use is from 2008 by trans-inclusive cisgender radical feminist Viv Smythe.

Noun

 * 1)  A trans-exclusionary radical feminist; a radical feminist who does not consider trans women to be women, or thinks they should not be included in female spaces or organisations, and who considers trans men to be women; a transphobic person.
 * 2) * 2013, Toni Browning-Early, [//issuu.com/qnotes/docs/qnissue_071913_web_sm letter to the editor], QNotes, Volume 28, Number 6, 19 July - 1 August 2013, page 4:
 * Dear “A Lesbian Democrat”
 * Your TERF (trans-exclusionary radical feminist) agenda and what it represents is no better than the bigoted regressive agenda of the religious right.
 * 1) * 2014, Roz Kaveney, "[//www.advocate.com/print-issue/current-issue/2014/07/16/woman-enough Woman Enough], The Advocate, 16 July 2014:
 * Perhaps the sheer nastiness of TERFs comes from the fact that they don’t just know they’ve lost; they know they were on the wrong side from the beginning.
 * 1) * 2014, Roz Kaveney, "[//www.advocate.com/print-issue/current-issue/2014/07/16/woman-enough Woman Enough], The Advocate, 16 July 2014:
 * Perhaps the sheer nastiness of TERFs comes from the fact that they don’t just know they’ve lost; they know they were on the wrong side from the beginning.
 * Perhaps the sheer nastiness of TERFs comes from the fact that they don’t just know they’ve lost; they know they were on the wrong side from the beginning.

Usage notes

 * This term is used mainly in critical discourse by trans-inclusive feminists and other opponents of the beliefs to which the term refers. Feminists who hold such views tend to prefer other terms, most notably, and often maintain that TERF is derogatory or a slur. Trans-inclusive feminists counter that the term is merely descriptive.

Translations

 * French:
 * Spanish: TERF, terfa

Etymology 2
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Noun

 * 1) * 2004, Biochemistry (Moscow), volume 69, issues 1-4, page 118:
 * another protein, TERF2, binds at the 5'-terminus and fixes the telomere end at the tail. The figure schematically shows domain structure of TERF1.  Interaction of this protein with nucleic acid requires polypeptide dimerization, which involves the TERF domain [12].
 * 1) * 2003 October 12-16, The 22nd Digital Avionics Systems Conference : Proceedings : Indianapolis, IN, volume 2:
 * Typical TERF altitudes for Navy and Marine Corps helicopters include low level (approximately 100 ft AGL), contour (50 ft AGL), and nap of the earth (NOE) (less than 50 ft AGL). A depiction of typical TERF modes in presented in Figure 3.
 * 1) * 2003 October 12-16, The 22nd Digital Avionics Systems Conference : Proceedings : Indianapolis, IN, volume 2:
 * Typical TERF altitudes for Navy and Marine Corps helicopters include low level (approximately 100 ft AGL), contour (50 ft AGL), and nap of the earth (NOE) (less than 50 ft AGL). A depiction of typical TERF modes in presented in Figure 3.
 * 1) * 2003 October 12-16, The 22nd Digital Avionics Systems Conference : Proceedings : Indianapolis, IN, volume 2:
 * Typical TERF altitudes for Navy and Marine Corps helicopters include low level (approximately 100 ft AGL), contour (50 ft AGL), and nap of the earth (NOE) (less than 50 ft AGL). A depiction of typical TERF modes in presented in Figure 3.

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