cisheteropatriarchy
US/ˌsɪsˌhɛtəɹəˈpeɪtɹiɑɹki/
cisheteropatriarchy noun: the dominance of cisgender heterosexual males in society.
Noun
cisheteropatriarchy (countable and uncountable, plural cisheteropatriarchies)
- The dominance of cisgender heterosexual males in society.
- These hegemonic practices reconstitute social divisions that benefit cisheteropatriarchy, an ideological system that naturalizes normative views of what it means to “look” and “act” like a “straight” man and marginalizes women, femininity, and all gender non-conforming bodies that challenge the...2020, H. Samy Alim, Jooyoung Lee, Lauren Mason Carris, Quentin E. Williams, “Language, Race, and the (Trans)Formation of Cisheteropatriarchy”, in The Oxford Handbook of Language and Race
Forms of cisheteropatriarchy
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Origin of cisheteropatriarchy
From cis- + hetero- + patriarchy.
Questions about cisheteropatriarchy
- What does cisheteropatriarchy mean?
- Cisheteropatriarchy means the dominance of cisgender heterosexual males in society.
- What part of speech is cisheteropatriarchy?
- Cisheteropatriarchy is a noun.
- How do you pronounce cisheteropatriarchy?
- Cisheteropatriarchy is pronounced /ˌsɪsˌhɛtəɹəˈpeɪtɹiɑɹki/ (US).
- What is the plural of cisheteropatriarchy?
- The plural of cisheteropatriarchy is cisheteropatriarchies.
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