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cisman en · NOUN

Etymology

From cis + man or cis- + man.

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative spelling of cis man.
   alt of cis man
   • Not only do people harass and attack transwomen for being who they are: transwomen also face scrutiny from both ciswomen and cismen over “what” they are. 2010, Holly Kearl, Stop Street Harassment: Making Public Places Safe and Welcoming for Women, Greenwood Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 57:
   • The origin of the embryo is no longer intercourse of a ciswoman and a cisman, but a technological procedure. 2015, K. Lesnik-Oberstein, Rethinking Disability Theory and Practice:

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