Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cisfeminine

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cis-fem-i-nine
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to female cisgender people or experiences.

Example Sentences

"At the beginning of Parachute_Silks's fem!Sherlock/fem!John story, "Categories," for example, a young female Sherlock tries to keep her university boyfriend, Sebastian, interested in her, first by pretending to fulfill traditional cisfeminine stereotypes: […]"
"And it's in Scott's interview that the issue of transgender women not necessarily wanting to sound cisfeminine comes up."
"Drawing on NCAVP transgender homicide data, research has found that transfeminine Black and Latina individuals are at significantly higher risk for homicide than cisfeminine counterparts."

Etymology

From cis- + feminine.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: cis

Inflected Forms

more cisfeminine (comparative) most cisfeminine (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

cisfemininity transfeminine

Questions

What does cisfeminine mean?: Of or pertaining to female cisgender people or experiences.
Where does cisfeminine come from?: From cis- + feminine.

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