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cis-centric

cis-centric is the alternative form of ciscentric.

Meaning of ciscentric

Adjective

ciscentric (comparative more ciscentric, superlative most ciscentric)

  1. Centering on or overemphasizing cissexuality and/or cissexual people.
    • Such a universalizing presumption of cissexuality is ciscentric and cissexist because it assumes that the authenticity of femininity is rooted in the female body, that cissexuality is the correct or superior gender identity, and that all 'female' bodies hence yield and are inhabited by...2012, Einar Ragnar Jónsson, "Why Feminism Needs to be Trans-Inclusive, or: The Bodily Consequences of Cisnormativity", Bluestockings, Fall 2012, page 39

Forms of cis-centric

comparativemore cis-centric
superlativemost cis-centric

Questions about cis-centric

What is cis-centric the alternative form of?
Cis-centric is the alternative form of ciscentric.

Words near cis-centric in the dictionary

  1. cis women
  2. cis-
  3. cis-acting
  4. cis-Atlantic
  5. cis-butenedioic acid
  6. cis-centric
  7. cis-centrism
  8. cis-diamminedichloroplatinum
  9. cis-female
  10. cis-females
  11. cis-gender

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