cisheterosexual

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English

Etymology

From cis- +‎ heterosexual.

Adjective

cisheterosexual (comparative more cisheterosexual, superlative most cisheterosexual)

  1. Cisgender and heterosexual.
    • 2019, Morgan Lev Edward Holleb, The A-Z of Gender and Sexuality: From Ace to Ze[1], page 162:
      A jock might be queer, but his performance of masculinity fits so comfortably within the cisheterosexual norms that he is assumed to be straight.
    • 2020, Charlie McNabb, Queer Adolescence: Understanding the Lives of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, and Asexual Youth[2], page 43:
      This is sadly common; lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer youth experience trauma at higher rates than their cisheterosexual peers.
    • 2020, Arunima Ray, “Thinking The Body, Figuring (The) Woman: Religion, caste, gender, and identity in literary representations”, in Goutam Karmakar, Nasima Islam, Sk Sagir Ali, editors, Religion in South Asian Anglophone Literature: Traversing Resistance, Margins and Extremism, unnumbered page:
      In such an India, two things are of utmost priority: land and an heir (preferably a cisheterosexual, masculine male) to inherit it.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:cisheterosexual.

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Translations

Spanish

Etymology

From cis- +‎ heterosexual.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /θiʃeteɾoseɡˈswal/ [θi.ʃe.t̪e.ɾo.seɣ̞ˈswal]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /siʃeteɾoseɡˈswal/ [si.ʃe.t̪e.ɾo.seɣ̞ˈswal]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: ci‧she‧te‧ro‧se‧xual

Adjective

cisheterosexual m or f (masculine and feminine plural cisheterosexuales)

  1. cisheterosexual

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