cisgender

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Pronunciation

• (GA) IPA: /sɪsˈdʒɛndɚ/
• (RP) IPA: /sɪsˈdʒɛndə/

Adjective

cisgender (not comparable)

1. Having a gender identity which matches the sex one was assigned at birth; or, pertaining to such people. [from 20th c.]
   • 2009, Renee Martin, The Guardian, 25 April:

     To uphold the inequality that we choose to engage in, we regularly present the myth that trans people are deviant or a danger to cisgender people.

Synonyms

• cisgendered (uncommon)
• nontrans, nontransgender

Antonyms

• transgender
• genderqueer (bigender/ambigender or agender/genderfree)
• third-gender
• genderfluid

Related terms

• cis
• cissexual
• cis man, cis person, cis woman
• cis female, cis male
• cisphobia, cisphobic

Translations

• French: cisgenre, cissexuel
• German: cisgender, cis-gender, cis, cisgeschlechtlich, zissexuell
• Portuguese: cisgênero (Brazilian Portuguese), cisgénero (European Portuguese)
• Russian: цисге́ндерный
• Spanish: cisgénero, cisexual

Noun

cisgender (plural cisgenders)

1. A cisgender person.

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