Cisheterosexual
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Cisheterosexual is an adjective meaning Cisgender and heterosexual.
Meaning
Cisgender and heterosexual.
Example Sentences
In such an India, two things are of utmost priority: land and an heir (preferably a cisheterosexual, masculine male) to inherit it.
This is sadly common; lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer youth experience trauma at higher rates than their cisheterosexual peers.
A jock might be queer, but his performance of masculinity fits so comfortably within the cisheterosexual norms that he is assumed to be straight.
Synonyms for cisheterosexual
Depending on context, synonyms include cishet, cishetero.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include cisqueer, transhet, cisheteronormative, heterogenderal, intersexed, heterodominant.
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