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cisman

cisman is the alternative spelling of cis man.

Meaning of cis man

Noun

cis man (plural cis men)

  1. A cisgender man.
    • Not only do people harass and attack transwomen for being who they are: transwomen also face scrutiny from both ciswomen and cismen over “what” they are.2010, Holly Kearl, Stop Street Harassment: Making Public Places Safe and Welcoming for Women, Greenwood Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 57
    Synonyms:
    cisboy, cisdude, cisguy

Forms of cisman

pluralcismen

Origin of cisman

From cis + man or cis- + man.

Questions about cisman

What is cisman the alternative spelling of?
Cisman is the alternative spelling of cis man.

Words near cisman in the dictionary

  1. CISM
  2. Cismaan
  3. cismadinone
  4. cismale
  5. cismales
  6. cisman
  7. cismarine
  8. cismasculine
  9. cismasculinity
  10. cismen
  11. cismethrin

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cisman (page history and authors); cis man (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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