ciswash
/ˈsɪs.wɒʃ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To ignore, deny, or minimize the gender identity of a trans person or trans people, or the role that a trans person or trans people played in an event.
Transitive verb
Example Sentences
- "Numerous media outlets recounted how the noble gays and lesbians fought that night – never mentioning trans folk… carrying on that long and painful tradition of ciswashing queer history – especially Stonewall history."
- "Throughout the 2-minute trailer, I watched the passionate and diverse history of our movement be whitewashed and ciswashed."
- "Let's stop ciswashing and whitewashing Stonewall, and use it instead as an example of how we need to fight racism, transmisogyny and poverty in our culture."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ˈsɪs.wɒʃ/