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cisheterosexual

cisheterosexual adjective: cisgender and heterosexual.

Adjective

cisheterosexual (comparative more cisheterosexual, superlative most cisheterosexual)

  1. Cisgender and heterosexual.
    • A jock might be queer, but his performance of masculinity fits so comfortably within the cisheterosexual norms that he is assumed to be straight.2019, Morgan Lev Edward Holleb, The A-Z of Gender and Sexuality: From Ace to Ze, page 162
    • This is sadly common; lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer youth experience trauma at higher rates than their cisheterosexual peers.2020, Charlie McNabb, Queer Adolescence: Understanding the Lives of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, and Asexual Youth, page 43
    Synonyms:
    cishet, cishetero

Synonyms of cisheterosexual

Forms of cisheterosexual

comparativemore cisheterosexual
superlativemost cisheterosexual

Origin of cisheterosexual

From cis- + heterosexual.

Questions about cisheterosexual

What does cisheterosexual mean?
Cisheterosexual means cisgender and heterosexual.
What part of speech is cisheterosexual?
Cisheterosexual is an adjective.

Words near cisheterosexual in the dictionary

  1. cisheteronormative
  2. cisheteronormativity
  3. cisheteropatriarchal
  4. cisheteropatriarchies
  5. cisheteropatriarchy
  6. cisheterosexual
  7. cishets
  8. cishon
  9. cishons
  10. cisid
  11. cisidentity

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