cisman

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See also: cis man

English

Etymology

From cis +‎ man or cis- +‎ man.

Noun

cisman (plural cismen)

  1. Alternative spelling of cis man
    • 2010, Holly Kearl, Stop Street Harassment: Making Public Places Safe and Welcoming for Women, Greenwood Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 57:
      Not only do people harass and attack transwomen for being who they are: transwomen also face scrutiny from both ciswomen and cismen over “what” they are.
    • 2015, K. Lesnik-Oberstein, Rethinking Disability Theory and Practice:
      The origin of the embryo is no longer intercourse of a ciswoman and a cisman, but a technological procedure.

Anagrams

Dutch

Etymology

From cis- +‎ man.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɪs.mɑn/
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  • Hyphenation: cis‧man

Noun

cisman m (plural cismannen)

  1. a cis man

Galician

Verb

cisman

  1. third-person plural present indicative of cismar