Cissupremacy

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Ideology that regards cis people as superior to other people (including trans people, nonbinary people, and genderfluid people), or diminishes the rights or interests of those who are not cis. neologism, uncountable

    "To fight this systemic oppression — including transphobia, cis-centrism, cis-supremacy and trans-misogyny — it is essential we support the self-determination of all people oppressed by coercive, non-consensual gender assignments."

  2. 2
    Behavior (individual or systemic) in which cis people are privileged over other people in society (trans people, nonbinary people, genderfluid people). uncountable

Example

More examples

"To fight this systemic oppression — including transphobia, cis-centrism, cis-supremacy and trans-misogyny — it is essential we support the self-determination of all people oppressed by coercive, non-consensual gender assignments."

Etymology

From cis- + supremacy, by analogy with white supremacy.

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