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cis-het

cis-het is the alternative spelling of cishet.

Meaning of cishet

Adjective

cishet (not comparable)

  1. (informal) Cisgender and heterosexual.
    • Even in death, the way we are spoken about by the mainstream cishet world is traumatizing and violent. Even in death, trans women of color cannot escape the trauma of colonialism and genocide.2013, "Witchymorgan", "On the Labor Movement and Transmisogyny", Black & Pink, May 2013, page 4

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Forms of cis-het

comparativemore cis-het
superlativemost cis-het

Questions about cis-het

What is cis-het the alternative spelling of?
Cis-het is the alternative spelling of cishet.

Words near cis-het in the dictionary

  1. cis-female
  2. cis-females
  3. cis-gender
  4. cis-guy
  5. cis-guys
  6. cis-het
  7. cis-Jovian
  8. cis-lunar
  9. cis-male
  10. cis-males
  11. cis-Neptunian

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