cisgender

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Having a gender identity which matches the sex one was assigned at birth; or, pertaining to such people.

noun

/sɪsˈdʒɛndə/ /sɪsˈd͡ʒɛndɚ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-cisgender.wav

cisgender cisgenders

From cis- (“on this side of”) + gender, by analogy with transgender. First attested in 1997. Compare slightly earlier cisgendered (1994).

cisgendered nontrans nontransgender

non-cisgender

cis- cis cis female cishet cis male cis man cis person cisphobia cisphobic cissexual cis woman intersex

cis cisgenderism cisgenderist cissy non-cisgender

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