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cislate

cislate verb: to simplify or 'translate' (transgender people, experiences, or concepts) into words, narratives, and concepts that cisgender people can understand.

Verb

cislate (third-person singular simple present cislates, present participle cislating, simple past and past participle cislated)

  1. (transgender and social sciences) To simplify or 'translate' (transgender people, experiences, or concepts) into words, narratives, and concepts that cisgender people can understand.
    • The purpose of this section is to translate – or perhaps more accurately to cislate – and simplify trans language to a cis(-assumed) audience.2017, TJ Jourian, “Trans* ing constructs: Towards a critical trans* methodology”, in Tijdschrift voor Genderstudies
    • Many of us also distill ourselves into descriptors that we think they might understand or accept, doing the cislating for them through “how” we participate. And it is to the detriment of their work not to consider how their other […] Speaking of cislating, one of the things I am tired of reading is...2020 November 5, Nancy S. Niemi, Marcus B. Weaver-Hightower, The Wiley Handbook of Gender Equity in Higher Education, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 541

Forms of cislate

third-person singular presentcislates
present participlecislating
past participlecislated
pastcislated

Origin of cislate

From replacing the trans- part of translate with cis-; coined by T.J. Jourian.

Questions about cislate

What does cislate mean?
Cislate means to simplify or 'translate' (transgender people, experiences, or concepts) into words, narratives, and concepts that cisgender people can understand.
What part of speech is cislate?
Cislate is a verb.
What is the past tense of cislate?
The past tense of cislate is cislated.

Words near cislate in the dictionary

  1. cisjurane
  2. Ciskei
  3. Ciskeian
  4. Ciskeians
  5. Cisko
  6. cislate
  7. cislated
  8. cislates
  9. cislating
  10. cislation
  11. cislations

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