cisphobia

cisphobia

English

Etymology

cis- +‎ -phobia or cis +‎ -phobia.

Noun

cisphobia (uncountable)

1. Fear or hatred of cissexuality or cisgenderism, or of cis individuals.
   • 2012, Laura Palazzani, Gender in Philosophy and Law, Springer (2012), →ISBN, page 101:

     One could then speak of 'cisphobia' or 'heterophobia', claiming adequate protection for cisgender and straight persons.

   • 2014, Jenn Selby, "Piers Morgan claims he’s a ‘victim of cisphobia’ after transgender community blast his ignorance on Twitter", The Independent, 6 February 2014:

     Piers Morgan has claimed to be the “victim of cisphobia” after several members of the transgender community blasted his ignorance on Twitter.

   • 2014, Sydney Valenzuela, "The addictive and intricate qualities of the underdog networking site, Tumblr", Eye of the Tiger (Roseville High School, Roseville, California), Volume 12, Issue 9, 24 February 2014, page 10:

     Most of the time this leads to white boys screaming about cisphobia and reverse racism, but that's the post when everyone just ignores them and lets them wallow in their ignorance.

   • For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:cisphobia.

Derived terms

• cisphobic

Coordinate terms

• transphobia
• homophobia
• heterophobia

Translations

fear or hatred of cissexuality or cissgenderism

Anagrams

• biophasic