cishet
UK/ˈsɪs.hɛt/
cishet adjective: cisgender and heterosexual.
Adjective
cishet (not comparable)
- 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
- While children can be born to any kind of parent and situation, unless drastic measures are taken, they will be raised in an overwhelmingly cisgendered and heterosexual (cishet) world. Cishet children and adults’ identities are affirmed by media, legal documents, population majority, history and...2013, Ariel Estrella, "Hegemony, heteronormativity and amoeba", The Mac Weekly (Macalester College), 18 October 2013
- Synonyms:
- cishetero, cisheterosexual
Noun
cishet (plural cishets)
- A cisgender and heterosexual person.
- Last weekend I was on Facebook taking part in a conversation about dating sites when someone called me a cishet, in a sneering tone.2013, Anonymous letter-writer quoted in Maureen Matthews, "About last night", The Sydney Morning Herald, 6 October 2013
- People who identify as cisgender and heterosexual, or cishets, are certainly more privileged in today’s society than the LGBTQIA+ community — which includes lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer-identified, intersex, and asexual people, as well as others who do not identify as cishet people.2014 July 5, Anthony Speciyogic, “Burger King Pride Campaign Claims ‘We’re All The Same Inside’”, in Inquisitr
Examples of cishet in a sentence
- While children can be born to any kind of parent and situation, unless drastic measures are taken, they will be raised in an overwhelmingly cisgendered and heterosexual (cishet) world.2013, Ariel Estrella, "Hegemony, heteronormativity and amoeba", The Mac Weekly (Macalester College), 18 October 2013
- […] it reinforces the problematic notion that 'true' feminism belongs to cishet white abled feminists; […]2014, Bec Eames, "In defence of unattractive feminism", Honi Soit (University of Sydney), Semester 1, Week 12, page 17
- I don't fuck with cishets / I look so good in fishnets2020, “cishets (i don't want it at all)”, in Fraxiom (lyrics), umru (music), Feeling Cool And Normal, performed by Fraxiom:
Synonyms of cishet
Forms of cishet
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| alternative form | cis-het |
| Noun | |
| plural | cishets |
Origin of cishet
From cis- + het.
Questions about cishet
- What does cishet mean?
- Cishet means cisgender and heterosexual.
- How do you use cishet in a sentence?
- While children can be born to any kind of parent and situation, unless drastic measures are taken, they will be raised in an overwhelmingly cisgendered and heterosexual (cishet) world.
- What part of speech is cishet?
- Cishet can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce cishet?
- Cishet is pronounced /ˈsɪs.hɛt/ (UK).
Words near cishet in the dictionary
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