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English
Etymology
From cis- + heterosexual.
Adjective
cisheterosexual (comparative more cisheterosexual, superlative most cisheterosexual)
- Cisgender and heterosexual.
2019, Morgan Lev Edward Holleb, The A-Z of Gender and Sexuality: From Ace to Ze, page 162:A jock might be queer, but his performance of masculinity fits so comfortably within the cisheterosexual norms that he is assumed to be straight.
2020, Charlie McNabb, Queer Adolescence: Understanding the Lives of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, and Asexual Youth, page 43:This is sadly common; lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer youth experience trauma at higher rates than their cisheterosexual peers.
2020, Arunima Ray, “Thinking The Body, Figuring (The) Woman: Religion, caste, gender, and identity in literary representations”, in Goutam Karmakar, Nasima Islam, Sk Sagir Ali, editors, Religion in South Asian Anglophone Literature: Traversing Resistance, Margins and Extremism, unnumbered page:In such an India, two things are of utmost priority: land and an heir (preferably a cisheterosexual, masculine male) to inherit it.
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Spanish
Etymology
From cis- + heterosexual.
Pronunciation
Adjective
cisheterosexual m or f (masculine and feminine plural cisheterosexuales)
- cisheterosexual
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