cisnormative

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adjective

Of or pertaining to cisnormativity.

Scrabble 19

Meanings

adjectivecisnormative (comparative more cisnormative, superlative most cisnormative)

comparative more cisnormative · superlative most cisnormative

  1. neologismOf or pertaining to cisnormativity.

    Cisnormative assumptions are tied in with discourses surrounding HIV and STIs.

    2012 October, Jen Roberton, Emily Milton, “Cisnormative assumptions and queer sex”, in The Strand, volume 55, number 5,29, Victoria University, page 4
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    This erasure reflects the priorities, biases, and oversights of writers and publishers who function in a cisnormative system, one in which people are assumed to be cissexual.

    2009, Greta R. Bauer, Rebecca Hammond, Robb Travers, Matthias Kaay, Karin M. Hohenadel, & Michelle Boyce, "'I Don't Think This Is Theoretical; This Is Our Lives': How Erasure Impacts Health Care for Transgender People", Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care, Volume 20, Issue 5, September-October 2009, page 353

    In a cisnormative world, I could not comprehend the humiliation I felt, at eight years old, when I received a “girl” bike for Christmas, because everything around me reflected the experiences of people for whom the color of their bike somehow aligned with their genitalia.

    2013 October 11, Bailey Dineen, “My Queer Rage”, in The Cornell Daily Sun, volume 130, number 34, Cornell University, page 7

Origin

Translations

Polish cisnormatywny
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APA

cisnormative. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cisnormative

MLA

“cisnormative.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cisnormative. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cisnormative,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cisnormative.

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