Cissupremacy
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Cissupremacy is a noun meaning (LGBTQ, neologism) Ideology that regards cis people as superior to other people (including trans people, nonbinary people, and genderfluid people), or diminishes the rights or interests of those who are not cis.
Meaning
(LGBTQ, neologism) Ideology that regards cis people as superior to other people (including trans people, nonbinary people, and genderfluid people), or diminishes the rights or interests of those who are not cis.
More Meanings
- Behavior (individual or systemic) in which cis people are privileged over other people in society (trans people, nonbinary people, genderfluid people).
Example Sentences
In that context where cissexism and cissupremacy are the oppressions in question, a cisgender woman would not count as a marginalized person.
Cisgender directors and writers cannot be the judge of what an authentic trans portrayal looks like because of their socialization in cissupremacy.
To fight this systemic oppression — including transphobia, cis-centrism, cis-supremacy and trans-misogyny — it is essential we support the self-determination of all people oppressed by coercive, non-consensual gender assignments.
Word Forms
- cis-supremacy
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include cispatriarchy, heterosupremacy, cisheteropatriarchy, homopatriarchy, sexism, supremacist.
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