Meanings
adjectivecisheteronormative (not comparable)
- not comparableCisnormative and heteronormative.
“In a cisheteronormative world, we are more likely to assume people to be cis and straight until told otherwise than to assume they’re trans or queer,” says Melissa A. Fabello, PhD, a sex and relationships educator.
2023 August 31, Frankie de la Cretaz, “Postcard from Camp Gaylore”, in Cosmopolitan
Origin
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with cisheteronormative
informativenormativeformativeuninformativecisnormativeheteronormativehomonormativenonheteronormativenoninformative
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cisheteronormative. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cisheteronormative
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“cisheteronormative.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cisheteronormative. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
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