cishetero

English

Etymology

From cis- +‎ hetero.

Adjective

cishetero (comparative more cishetero, superlative most cishetero)

  1. (informal) Cisgender and heterosexual.
    • 2019, “Alyia”, in Eva A. Mendes, Meredith R. Maroney, editors, Gender Identity, Sexuality and Autism: Voices from Across the Spectrum[1], page 119:
      There's also a lot of pressure to behave or conform to cishetero standards, but it's okay to be diverse, have differences in nuance.
    • 2020, Alex Iantaffi, Gender Trauma: Healing Cultural, Social, and Historical Gendered Trauma[2], page 112:
      This framework does not impact only cishetero men and women.
    • 2021, Emily Anne Parker, Elemental Difference and the Climate of the Body[3], page 64:
      [] while men can and should worship the cishetero fantasy of Playboy in which what it means to be a Man is to be effortlessly orgasmic and heterosexually dominating.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:cishetero.

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Translations

Spanish

Etymology

From cis- +‎ hetero.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌθiseˈteɾo/ [ˌθis.eˈt̪e.ɾo] (Spain)
  • IPA(key): /ˌsiseˈteɾo/ [ˌsis.eˈt̪e.ɾo] (Latin America, Philippines)
  • Rhymes: -eɾo
  • Syllabification: cis‧he‧te‧ro

Adjective

cishetero (invariable)

  1. (informal) cishetero
    Synonym: cisheterosexual