noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The act of condescendingly explaining transgender issues (as a cis person) to a trans person. uncountable

   "-For me what matters is whether they’d stop if I asked them, or whether I’d get this outburst of cisplaining!"

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of cissplain form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

All synonyms

mansplainstraightsplainwhitesplain

Example

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"-For me what matters is whether they’d stop if I asked them, or whether I’d get this outburst of cisplaining!"

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