“In a cisheteronormative world, we are more likely to assume people to be cis and straight until told otherwise than to assume they’re trans or queer,” says Melissa A. Fabello, PhD, a sex and relationships educator.
Source: wiktionary
Cisheteronormative
//ˌsɪsˌhɛt.ɚ.oʊˈnɔɹ.mə.tɪv//
Synonyms for "cisheteronormative"
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
Related terms
1 entriesSample sentences
1 total sentences available.
Keep exploring
Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.