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cis-supremacy

cis-supremacy is the alternative spelling of cissupremacy.

Meaning of cissupremacy

Noun

cissupremacy (uncountable)

  1. (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.
    • 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.2012, “OWS Must Resist Cis-Supremacy and Trans-Misogyny”, in Amy Schrager Lang, Daniel Lang/Levitsky, editors, Dreaming in Public: Building the Occupy Movement, page 129
  2. Behavior (individual or systemic) in which cis people are privileged over other people in society (trans people, nonbinary people, genderfluid people).

Questions about cis-supremacy

What is cis-supremacy the alternative spelling of?
Cis-supremacy is the alternative spelling of cissupremacy.

Words near cis-supremacy in the dictionary

  1. cis-splain
  2. cis-splained
  3. cis-splaining
  4. cis-splains
  5. cis-supremacist
  6. cis-supremacy
  7. cis-ter
  8. cis-ters
  9. cis-trans
  10. cis-trans isomer
  11. cis-trans isomerism

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