cisfeminine
cisfeminine adjective: of or pertaining to female cisgender people or experiences.
Adjective
cisfeminine (comparative more cisfeminine, superlative most cisfeminine)
- Of or pertaining to female cisgender people or experiences.
- At the beginning of Parachute_Silks's fem!Sherlock/fem!John story, "Categories," for example, a young female Sherlock tries to keep her university boyfriend, Sebastian, interested in her, first by pretending to fulfill traditional cisfeminine stereotypes: […]2018, Ann K. McClellan, Sherlock's World: Fan Fiction and the Reimagining of BBC's Sherlock, page 129
- And it's in Scott's interview that the issue of transgender women not necessarily wanting to sound cisfeminine comes up.2019, Jane Settler, Your Voice Speaks Volumes: It's Not What You Say, But How You Say It, page 171
Forms of cisfeminine
| comparative | more cisfeminine |
|---|---|
| superlative | most cisfeminine |
Origin of cisfeminine
From cis- + feminine.
Questions about cisfeminine
- What does cisfeminine mean?
- Cisfeminine means of or pertaining to female cisgender people or experiences.
- What part of speech is cisfeminine?
- Cisfeminine is an adjective.
Words near cisfeminine in the dictionary
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