Meanings
plural cismasculinities
- countableuncountableThe state or quality of being cismasculine.
In addition, drag performance is not limited to expressions of cismasculinity or cisfemininity.
2021, Meredith Heller, “Drag Performativity”, in Abbie E. Goldberg, Genny Beemyn, editors, The SAGE Encyclopedia of Trans Studies, unnumbered page2 more examples
For 70 respondents (40 per cent), transmasculinity is unequivocally and qualitatively different from cismasculinity.
2016, matthew heinz, Entering Transmasculinity: The Inevitability of Discourse, unnumbered page[…] what the production of a new, 'more disruptive' gender identity does is obscure the fact that cismasculinity and cisfemininity are themselves precarious, fluid and complicated.
2018, Rob Cover, Emergent Identities: New Sexualities, Genders and Relationships in a Digital Era, unnumbered page
Origin
Translations
French cis-masculinité
- cis-masculinitéTranslations
Polish cismęskość
- cismęskośćTranslations
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cismasculinity. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cismasculinity
“cismasculinity.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cismasculinity. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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