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ciswashing

ciswashing is the present participle and gerund of ciswash.

Meaning of ciswash

Verb

ciswash (third-person singular simple present ciswashes, present participle ciswashing, simple past and past participle ciswashed)

  1. (transitive) To ignore, deny, or minimize the gender identity of a trans person or trans people, or the role that a trans person or trans people played in an event.
    • Numerous media outlets recounted how the noble gays and lesbians fought that night – never mentioning trans folk… carrying on that long and painful tradition of ciswashing queer history – especially Stonewall history.2013 February 18, Cristan Williams, “Interview With an Actual Stonewall Riot Veteran: The Ciswashing of Stonewall Must End!”, in The Transadvocate

Questions about ciswashing

What is ciswashing the present participle and gerund of?
Ciswashing is the present participle and gerund of ciswash.

Words near ciswashing in the dictionary

  1. cisvestite
  2. cisvestites
  3. ciswash
  4. ciswashed
  5. ciswashes
  6. ciswashing
  7. ciswoman
  8. ciswomen
  9. Ciszewski
  10. Ciszewskis
  11. cit

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