cisplain

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A form of cissplain — To explain transgender issues, people or behavior to a trans person (as a cis person) in a condescending manner, presuming the listener’s inferior understanding.

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Meanings

verbcisplain (third-person singular simple present cisplains, present participle cisplaining, simple past and past participle cisplained)

present singular third person cisplains · participle present cisplaining · participle past cisplained · past cisplained

  1. alternativeAlternative form of cissplain.

    Pop sociology such as Liz Hodgkinson's Bodyshock patronized, cisplained and titillated.

    2021, Zoë Playdon, The Hidden Case of Ewan Forbes: And the Unwritten History of the Trans Experience, page 234
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    Instead of whitesplaining, mansplaining, and/or cisplaining, sit back and actually listen to what they are saying without getting defensive.

    2017 November, Madison Jones, “On Allyship”, in What The F, University of Michigan, page 8

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

piscinal
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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