Cishet

//ˈsɪs.hɛt// adj, noun, slang

adj, noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A cisgender and heterosexual person. informal

    "Last weekend I was on Facebook taking part in a conversation about dating sites when someone called me a cishet, in a sneering tone."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Cisgender and heterosexual. informal, not-comparable

    "Even in death, the way we are spoken about by the mainstream cishet world is traumatizing and violent. Even in death, trans women of color cannot escape the trauma of colonialism and genocide."

Synonyms

All synonyms
cisheterocisheterosexual

Example

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"Even in death, the way we are spoken about by the mainstream cishet world is traumatizing and violent. Even in death, trans women of color cannot escape the trauma of colonialism and genocide."

Etymology

From cis + het.

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