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cis

15 7.0
Someone whose gender matches the sex they were given at birth
  • adjective
  • /sɪs/
translation icon : cisgénero
  • As a white, cis, male astronomy grad student, I am rather privileged.
  • cis woman
  • straight cis

That trans regret and CIS regret should never be compared.

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Examples

  • And that's just one of the privileges of being a privileged cis white male.

  • As a white, straight, cis male, that's something that needs to happen.

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  • I think if you are a CIS white middle class man, you are born into a world that is still made in your image.

  • My first and primary partner, love of my life, etc., is a straight cis guy.

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  • I am attracted to cis men, women, and trans people.

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  • I am African American, a cis woman, and in the LGBT umbrella.

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  • As a cis woman, she felt a strong connection to her experiences growing up in a female body.

  • Cis individuals often enjoy privileges that are not granted to transgender people.

  • In the discussion, he identified as a cisgender man and shared his perspective on gender topics.

Synonyms

cisgender
vscis
4 6.5

Describing a person whose sense of being a man or woman matches the sex given at birth

is the shorter abbreviated form of the same term used in speech

Surface Forms

cis positive

Etymology

The word cis comes from the Latin part cis- meaning 'on this side', the opposite of trans- meaning 'across'. So, calling someone cis means their gender is on the same side as the sex they were given at birth.