Definitions for cisgender
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1. cisgenderadjective

   Identifying with or experiencing a gender the same as one's biological sex or that is affirmed by society, e.g. being both male-gendered & male-sexed.

2. Etymology: From cis- (Latin "same side as") & gender, by analogy with transgender.

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1. Cisgender

   Cisgender (often shortened to cis; sometimes cissexual) is a term used to describe a person whose gender identity corresponds to their sex assigned at birth. The word cisgender is the antonym of transgender. The prefix cis- is Latin and means on this side of. The term cisgender was coined in 1994 and entered into dictionaries starting in 2015 as a result of changes in social discourse about gender. The term has at times been controversial and subject to critique. Related concepts are cisnormativity (the presumption that cisgender identity is preferred or normal) and cissexism (bias or prejudice favoring cisgender people).

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1. Cisgender

   In gender studies, cisgender and cissexual describe related types of gender identity where an individual's self-perception of their gender matches the sex they were assigned at birth. Kristen Schilt and Laurel Westbrook define cisgender as a label for "individuals who have a match between the gender they were assigned at birth, their bodies, and their personal identity," complementing transgender. There are a number of derivatives of the terms in use, including cis male for a male with a male gender identity, cis female for a female with a female gender identity, cissexism and cissexual assumption. In addition, certain scholars have begun to use the term cisnormativity, akin to the queer studies' heteronormativity. A related adjective is gender-normative; Eli R. Green has written that "'cisgendered' is used [instead of the more popular 'gender normative'] to refer to people who do not identify with a gender diverse experience, without enforcing existence of a 'normative' gender expression."

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1. screeding

How to pronounce cisgender?

1. Alex

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Hayley

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of cisgender in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of cisgender in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of cisgender in a Sentence

1. Joanna Harper:

   The gender identity doesn't matter, it's the testosterone levels, trans girls should have the right to compete in sports. But cisgender girls should have the right to compete and succeed, too. How do you balance that? That's the question.

2. Laura Edwards-Leeper:

   These representations can help teach cisgender parents and other adults that rejecting the gender binary and being more accepting of gender diversity in children is more important for their psychological health and quality of life.

3. Jeffrey Tambor:

   I'm not going to say this beautifully : To you people out there... please give transgender talent a chance. Give them auditions. Give them their story, i would be happy if I were the last cisgender male to play a transgender female.

4. Joshua Estrin:

   I personally don’t advocate for a special category because I think we don’t have the facts yet, and 71% of people were making decisions in a vacuum, i think there needs to be transitional decisions made. Let’s look at how many transgender people in sports are disproportionately winning over their cisgender competitors. Is it even really a problem?

5. Van Der Beek:

   I’m from Connecticut. As a straight, white, cisgender, born-Christian white male. I grew up in ‘80s; I felt I knew a lot of these people, i felt like I knew a lot of these guys who… got the right job that paid a lot of money right away.

References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Cisgender
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cisgender
3. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=cisgender