cissexual
cissexual adjective: having a gender identity which matches one's birth sex; for example, identifying as male and having (been born with) male genitalia.
Adjective
cissexual (not comparable)
- Having a gender identity which matches one's birth sex; for example, identifying as male and having (been born with) male genitalia.
- That we are working on the grounds of ontology seems clear, since the “actually” begins from a cissexual primal origin birth moment that cannot be changed but only concealed—Angie is “biologically” once-and-forever Justin.2011, Jes Battis, Homofiles: Theory, Sexuality, and Graduate Studies, page 25
- Ungendering is the process by which cissexual people start to look for details or evidence that the trans person is no longer living in his/her birth gender.2013, Kelby Harrison, Sexual Deceit: The Ethics of Passing, page 13
- Antonyms:
- transsexual
Antonyms of cissexual
Origin of cissexual
From cis- + sexual, by analogy with transsexual, after the slightly earlier (1991) German zissexuell.
Words formed from cissexual
Questions about cissexual
- What does cissexual mean?
- Cissexual means having a gender identity which matches one's birth sex; for example, identifying as male and having (been born with) male genitalia.
- What part of speech is cissexual?
- Cissexual is an adjective.
Words near cissexual in the dictionary
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