non-cisgender

adjective

Not cisgender.

Meanings

adjectivenon-cisgender (not comparable)

alternative noncisgender

  1. not comparableNot cisgender.

    The majority of the world would declare themselves cisgender; however those of non-cisgender identity are, of course, an important and ever growing presence in society.

    2013, Rachel Sacks, "We've come so far, but we still have a long way to go in struggle for equal rights for everyone", The Miami Student (Miami University), Volume 140, Number 29, 15 January 2013, page 7
    2 more examples

    Parsons found the biggest issue to be that “there was no space that said that it was welcoming specifically to non-cisgender people. Just having Penn Non-cis existing is already a space that I can be more comfortable in.”

    2013 January 13, Rebecca Borison, “Penn Non-Cis fights underrepresentation on campus”, in The Daily Pennsylvanian, University of Pennsylvania

    However, she also said that it is a matter of accessibility and safety for non-cisgender students at the university (cisgender is a term denoting a person whose biological sex and gender identity match).

    2013, Richard Kent, "Gender-neutral washrooms at Mt. A", The Argosy (Mount Allison University), Volume 142, Issue 17, 21 February 2013, page 2

    Synonyms: trans*, cisn't

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveNot cisgender.

Also see

Origin

Translations

French non-cisgenre, non-cis
  • non-cisgenreTranslations
  • non-cisTranslations
Polish niecispłciowy
  • niecispłciowyTranslations
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APA

non-cisgender. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/non-cisgender

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “non-cisgender,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/non-cisgender.

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