cissupremacy en · NOUN
Etymology
From cis- + supremacy, by analogy with white supremacy.
Meanings
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(neologism, uncountable) Ideology that regards cis people as superior to other people (including trans people, nonbinary people, and genderfluid people), or diminishes the rights or interests of those who are not cis.
In that context where cissexism and cissupremacy are the oppressions in question, a cisgender woman would not count as a marginalized person.
2016, Nora Berenstain, “Epistemic Exploitation”, in Ergo: An Open Access Journal of Philosophy, volume 3, number 22, page 570:Cisgender directors and writers cannot be the judge of what an authentic trans portrayal looks like because of their socialization in cissupremacy.
2015, Aryeh Conrad, "Towards a Truer Representation: Transphobic Casting Politics and the Cis-Gaze in Film", paper submitted to the University of Puget Sound, page 10To fight this systemic oppression — including transphobia, cis-centrism, cis-supremacy and trans-misogyny — it is essential we support the self-determination of all people oppressed by coercive, non-consensual gender assignments.
2012, “OWS Must Resist Cis-Supremacy and Trans-Misogyny”, in Amy Schrager Lang, Daniel Lang/Levitsky, editors, Dreaming in Public: Building the Occupy Movement, page 129:
- (uncountable) Behavior (individual or systemic) in which cis people are privileged over other people in society (trans people, nonbinary people, genderfluid people).
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| cis-supremacy | alternative | lexicographic |
Coordinates
straight supremacy · white supremacy
Relateds
antitrans · transprejudice · antitransgender · transphobic · cissupremacist
Translations (2)
fr cis-suprémacie (Translations) · pl cissupremacja (Translations)