cissexist

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adjective

Exhibiting or related to cissexism.

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Meanings

adjectivecissexist (comparative more cissexist, superlative most cissexist)

comparative more cissexist · superlative most cissexist

  1. 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, →ISBN
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    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 26–27

    Indeed, 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
nouncissexist (plural cissexists)

plural cissexists

  1. A person who exhibits cissexism.

    Synonyms: transphobe

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA person who exhibits cissexism.

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Translations

French cissexiste
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Polish cisseksistowski, cisseksista
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APA

cissexist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cissexist

MLA

“cissexist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cissexist. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cissexist,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cissexist.

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