cisgender
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- Words With Friends
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/sɪsˈdʒɛndə/
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/sɪsˈdʒɛndə/ · /sɪsˈd͡ʒɛndɚ/
Definition of cisgender
2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
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(not-comparable)Having a gender identity which matches the sex one was assigned at birth; or, pertaining to such people.
“To uphold the inequality that we choose to engage in, we regularly present the myth that trans people are deviant or a danger to cisgender people.”
“As trans people, we have many cisgender allies—those who show their support for the concerns, needs, and rights of trans people, even though they may not personally face the same issues.”
“R. Moskowitz charges cisgender readers to be as conscious and deliberate with our religious identities as transgender and gender non-conforming people are with theirs, arguing that holiness is only achieved through continuous and unrelenting struggle and change.”
“Gender assumed many roles in this pandemic. Cisgender men were more likely to die from the virus, which seemed to be about inherent vulnerabilities of those with XY chromosomes.”
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adj
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(not-comparable)Having a gender identity which matches the sex one was assigned at birth; or, pertaining to such people.
“To uphold the inequality that we choose to engage in, we regularly present the myth that trans people are deviant or a danger to cisgender people.”
“As trans people, we have many cisgender allies—those who show their support for the concerns, needs, and rights of trans people, even though they may not personally face the same issues.”
“R. Moskowitz charges cisgender readers to be as conscious and deliberate with our religious identities as transgender and gender non-conforming people are with theirs, arguing that holiness is only achieved through continuous and unrelenting struggle and change.”
“Gender assumed many roles in this pandemic. Cisgender men were more likely to die from the virus, which seemed to be about inherent vulnerabilities of those with XY chromosomes.”
noun
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A cisgender person.
“Even in regard to cisgenders, research shows that it's “easier” for people to identify male than female features, meaning that the default “visible” person in our culture is male “unless proven otherwise.””
“Is there a place for heterosexual cisgenders in Africa's queer movement?”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From cis- (“on this side of”) + gender, by analogy with transgender. First attested in 1997. Compare slightly earlier cisgendered (1994).
Words you can make from cisgender
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8 words7-letter words
24 words- CRINGED 11 pts
- CINDERS 10 pts
- CRINGES 10 pts
- DECERNS 10 pts
- DECRIES 10 pts
- DEICERS 10 pts
- DISCERN 10 pts
- GENERIC 10 pts
- RESCIND 10 pts
- CERESIN 9 pts
- DINGERS 9 pts
- DREEING 9 pts
- ENERGID 9 pts
- ENGIRDS 9 pts
- GENDERS 9 pts
- REEDING 9 pts
- REIGNED 9 pts
- SEDGIER 9 pts
- SEEDING 9 pts
- SINCERE 9 pts
- DENIERS 8 pts
- GREISEN 8 pts
- NEREIDS 8 pts
- RESINED 8 pts
6-letter words
72 words- CEDING 10 pts
- CEDERS 9 pts
- CENSED 9 pts
- CERING 9 pts
- CIDERS 9 pts
- CINDER 9 pts
- CREEDS 9 pts
- CRINGE 9 pts
- DECERN 9 pts
- DEICER 9 pts
- DEICES 9 pts
- DICERS 9 pts
- EDENIC 9 pts
- SCREED 9 pts
- SCRIED 9 pts
- CENSER 8 pts
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- DEIGNS 8 pts
- DESIGN 8 pts
- DINGER 8 pts
- DINGES 8 pts
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- ENGIRD 8 pts
- GENDER 8 pts
- GIRNED 8 pts
- GREEDS 8 pts
- GRIDES 8 pts
- GRINDS 8 pts
- NIECES 8 pts
- REDING 8 pts
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- SCREEN 8 pts
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- SERGED 8 pts
- SIEGED 8 pts
- SIGNED 8 pts
- SINGED 8 pts
- DENIER 7 pts
- DENIES 7 pts
- DENSER 7 pts
- DESIRE 7 pts
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- RESIDE 7 pts
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- SNIDER 7 pts
- NEREIS 6 pts
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- SEREIN 6 pts
- SERINE 6 pts
5-letter words
90 words- CEDER 8 pts
- CEDES 8 pts
- CEDIS 8 pts
- CERED 8 pts
- CIDER 8 pts
- CREDS 8 pts
- CREED 8 pts
- CRIED 8 pts
- DEICE 8 pts
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- GENIC 8 pts
- RICED 8 pts
- SCEND 8 pts
- CENSE 7 pts
- CERES 7 pts
- CINES 7 pts
- CIRES 7 pts
- CRIES 7 pts
- DEIGN 7 pts
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- DINGS 7 pts
- DIRGE 7 pts
- DREGS 7 pts
- EDGER 7 pts
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- GREED 7 pts
- GRIDE 7 pts
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- RICES 7 pts
- RIDGE 7 pts
- SCENE 7 pts
- SCREE 7 pts
- SEDGE 7 pts
- SINCE 7 pts
- DEERS 6 pts
- DENES 6 pts
- DENSE 6 pts
- DIENE 6 pts
- DINER 6 pts
- DINES 6 pts
- DREES 6 pts
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- EGERS 6 pts
- EIDER 6 pts
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- GENES 6 pts
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- GREEN 6 pts
- GREES 6 pts
- GRINS 6 pts
- NEEDS 6 pts
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- REGES 6 pts
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- RENDS 6 pts
- RENIG 6 pts
- RESID 6 pts
- RIDES 6 pts
- RINDS 6 pts
- RINGS 6 pts
- SEDER 6 pts
- SEGNI 6 pts
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- SERED 6 pts
- SERGE 6 pts
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- SNIDE 6 pts
- ERNES 5 pts
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- RISEN 5 pts
- SEINE 5 pts
- SERIN 5 pts
- SIREE 5 pts
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