cisgenderism en · NOUN
Etymology
From cisgender + -ism.
Meanings
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(uncountable) Attitudes or beliefs that privilege cisgender people or perspectives over transgender ones.
Such assumptions can motivate expressions of cisgenderism such as retroactive misgendering (in which a person's past is described using language that disregards or contrasts with their current designation of their gender) […]
2016, Abbie E. Goldberg, The SAGE Encyclopedia of LGBTQ Studies, page 232:Confronting cisgenderism means asking our colleagues aloud why intersex babies' genitals are still being surgically altered at birth far below the age of informed consent, while women like Charlotte are routinely denied these surgeries.
2016, Lyndsey Moon, Counselling Ideologies: Queer Challenges to Heteronormativity:While cisgenderism may manifest as individual instances of prejudice and discrimination, it is rooted in systemic practices and ideology.
2021, Abbie E. Goldberg, Genny Beemyn, The SAGE Encyclopedia of Trans Studies, SAGE Publications, Incorporated, →ISBN, page 118:
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pl cisgenderyzm (Translations) · fr cisgenrisme (Translations)