Meanings
comparative more cissexist · superlative most cissexist
- Exhibiting or related to cissexism.
Living in this extraordinarily cissexist (and oppositionally sexist) world, transsexuals recognize cissexual privilege for what it is: a privilege.
2007, Julie Serano, Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity, Seal Press, →ISBN2 more examples
It seems necessary to stress that there is a rather large gulf between the indeterminacy accorded trans subjects by the normative presumptions of cissexist culture and the self-identifications of trans people.
2011, Em McAvan, “Rhetorics of Disgust and Indeterminacy in Transphobic Acts of Violence”, in Jes Battis, editor, Homofiles: Theory, Sexuality, and Graduate Studies, Lexington Books, →ISBN, pages 26–27Indeed, many transgender men use the excuse 'oh, I was such a tomboy when I was younger' in order to validate their gender identity to a cissexist (the belief that the genders of trans people are less legitimate than those of cis gender people) society.
2013, Jon Edwards, Luisa Edwards, The Boy Who Was Born a Girl: One Mother’s Unconditional Love for Her Child, Arrow, →ISBN, page 15
plural cissexists
- A person who exhibits cissexism.
Synonyms: transphobe
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA person who exhibits cissexism.
Origin
From cis- + sexist or cissex(ual) + -ist.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
French cissexiste
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Polish cisseksistowski, cisseksista
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Cite this entry
cissexist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cissexist
“cissexist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cissexist. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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