Cissexist
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Cissexist is an adjective meaning Exhibiting or related to cissexism.
Meaning
Exhibiting or related to cissexism.
More Meanings
- A person who exhibits cissexism.
Example Sentences
Living in this extraordinarily cissexist (and oppositionally sexist) world, transsexuals recognize cissexual privilege for what it is: a privilege.
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.
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.
Word Forms
- cissexists
Synonyms for cissexist
Depending on context, synonyms include transphobe.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include cismasculine, cisfeminine, cistemic, intersexphobic, sexophobic, cisnormative.
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