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woman-born-woman

woman-born-woman noun: a cisgender woman; a cis woman.

Noun

woman-born-woman (plural women-born-women)

  1. (gender critical, potentially offensive) A cisgender woman; a cis woman.
    • To the extent that she can pull it off, her gender is babe. But at Stayfree her babe outfit (long hair, big shirt, leggings, flats) makes her feel like an interloper—like some rude woman-born-woman intent on boycotting femininity because she can take it for granted.2016, Nell Zink, Nicotine
    Synonyms:
    cis woman

Synonyms of woman-born-woman

Forms of woman-born-woman

pluralwomen-born-women
alternative formwomyn-born-womyn
alternative formWBW

Origin of woman-born-woman

Coined by second-wave feminists to distinguish cisgender women from transgender women.

Questions about woman-born-woman

What does woman-born-woman mean?
Woman-born-woman means a cisgender woman; a cis woman.
What part of speech is woman-born-woman?
Woman-born-woman is a noun.
What is the plural of woman-born-woman?
The plural of woman-born-woman is women-born-women.

Words near woman-born-woman in the dictionary

  1. woman up
  2. woman ☕
  3. woman's room
  4. woman's tongue tree
  5. woman's tongue trees
  6. woman-born-woman
  7. woman-centric
  8. woman-child
  9. woman-children
  10. woman-day
  11. woman-days

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