Cissexism

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Bias or prejudice favouring cisgender people; transphobia. uncountable

    "In that context where cissexism and cissupremacy are the oppressions in question, a cisgender woman would not count as a marginalized person."

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transphobia

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"Cis ideology includes cisnormativity and cissexism."

Etymology

From cis- + sexism or cissex(ual) + -ism.

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