cisfeminine

cisfeminine

English

Etymology

cis- +‎ feminine

Adjective

cisfeminine (comparative more cisfeminine, superlative most cisfeminine)

1. Of or pertaining to female cisgender people or experiences.
   • 2018, Ann K. McClellan, Sherlock's World: Fan Fiction and the Reimagining of BBC's Sherlock, page 129:

     At the beginning of Parachute_Silks's fem!Sherlock/fem!John story, "Categories," for example, a young female Sherlock tries to keep her university boyfriend, Sebastian, interested in her, first by pretending to fulfill traditional cisfeminine stereotypes: […]

   • 2019, Jane Settler, Your Voice Speaks Volumes: It's Not What You Say, But How You Say It, page 171:

     And it's in Scott's interview that the issue of transgender women not necessarily wanting to sound cisfeminine comes up.

   • 2020, Xavier L. Guadalupe-Diaz & Carolyn M. West, "The Intersections of Race and Immigration", in Transgender Intimate Partner Violence: A Comprehensive Introduction (Adam M. Messinger & Xavier L. Guadalupe-Diaz), page 143:

     Drawing on NCAVP transgender homicide data, research has found that transfeminine Black and Latina individuals are at significantly higher risk for homicide than cisfeminine counterparts.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:cisfeminine.

Related terms

• cisfemininity

Coordinate terms

• transfeminine