Meanings
comparative more cisfeminine · superlative most cisfeminine
- 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 1712 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 129Drawing 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
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cisfeminine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cisfeminine
“cisfeminine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cisfeminine. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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