cissexism

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English

Etymology

From cis- +‎ sexism or cissex(ual) +‎ -ism.

Noun

cissexism (uncountable)

  1. Bias or prejudice favouring cisgender people; transphobia.
    • 2016, Nora Berenstain, “Epistemic Exploitation”, in Ergo: An Open Access Journal of Philosophy, volume 3, number 22, page 570:
      In that context where cissexism and cissupremacy are the oppressions in question, a cisgender woman would not count as a marginalized person.

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