cisgender

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Scrabble points
13
Words With Friends
16
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/sɪsˈdʒɛndə/
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/sɪsˈdʒɛndə/ · /sɪsˈd͡ʒɛndɚ/

Definition of cisgender

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (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

  1. (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

  1. 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).

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