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English
Etymology
From cis- + hetero.
Adjective
cishetero (comparative more cishetero, superlative most cishetero)
- (informal) Cisgender and heterosexual.
2019, “Alyia”, in Eva A. Mendes, Meredith R. Maroney, editors, Gender Identity, Sexuality and Autism: Voices from Across the Spectrum, page 119:There's also a lot of pressure to behave or conform to cishetero standards, but it's okay to be diverse, have differences in nuance.
2020, Alex Iantaffi, Gender Trauma: Healing Cultural, Social, and Historical Gendered Trauma, page 112:This framework does not impact only cishetero men and women.
2021, Emily Anne Parker, Elemental Difference and the Climate of the Body, page 64:[…] while men can and should worship the cishetero fantasy of Playboy in which what it means to be a Man is to be effortlessly orgasmic and heterosexually dominating.
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Spanish
Etymology
From cis- + hetero.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /θiʃeˈteɾo/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /siʃeˈteɾo/
- Rhymes: -eɾo
- Syllabification: ci‧she‧te‧ro
Adjective
cishetero (invariable)
- (informal) cishetero
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