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cissexism

cissexism noun: bias or prejudice favouring cisgender people; transphobia.

Noun

cissexism (uncountable)

  1. Bias or prejudice favouring cisgender people; transphobia.
    • In that context where cissexism and cissupremacy are the oppressions in question, a cisgender woman would not count as a marginalized person.2016, Nora Berenstain, “Epistemic Exploitation”, in Ergo: An Open Access Journal of Philosophy, volume 3, number 22, page 570

Origin of cissexism

From cis- + sexism or cissex(ual) + -ism.

Questions about cissexism

What does cissexism mean?
Cissexism means bias or prejudice favouring cisgender people; transphobia.
What part of speech is cissexism?
Cissexism is a noun.

Words near cissexism in the dictionary

  1. Cisse
  2. cissed
  3. Cissell
  4. Cissells
  5. cisses
  6. cissexism
  7. cissexist
  8. cissexists
  9. cissexual
  10. cissexuality
  11. cissexually

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