cisfeminine

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adjective

Of or pertaining to female cisgender people or experiences.

Scrabble 18

Meanings

adjectivecisfeminine (comparative more cisfeminine, superlative most cisfeminine)

comparative more cisfeminine · superlative most cisfeminine

  1. Of or pertaining to female cisgender people or experiences.

    And it's in Scott's interview that the issue of transgender women not necessarily wanting to sound cisfeminine comes up.

    2019, Jane Settler, Your Voice Speaks Volumes: It's Not What You Say, But How You Say It, page 171
    2 more examples

    At the beginning of Parachute_Silks's fem!Sherlock/fem!John story, "Categories," for example, a young female Sherlock tries to keep her university boyfriend, Sebastian, interested in her, first by pretending to fulfill traditional cisfeminine stereotypes: […]

    2018, Ann K. McClellan, Sherlock's World: Fan Fiction and the Reimagining of BBC's Sherlock, page 129

    Drawing on NCAVP transgender homicide data, research has found that transfeminine Black and Latina individuals are at significantly higher risk for homicide than cisfeminine counterparts.

    2020, Xavier L. Guadalupe-Diaz & Carolyn M. West, "The Intersections of Race and Immigration", in Transgender Intimate Partner Violence: A Comprehensive Introduction (Adam M. Messinger & Xavier L. Guadalupe-Diaz), page 143

Origin

Translations

French cis-féminin
  • cis-fémininTranslations
Polish ciskobiecy
  • ciskobiecyTranslations
Cite this entry
APA

cisfeminine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cisfeminine

MLA

“cisfeminine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cisfeminine. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cisfeminine,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cisfeminine.

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