cisgender

/ˌsɪsˈdʒendə(r)/ (bre, ipa) · /ˌsɪsˈdʒendər/ (ame, ipa) · /(ˌ)sis-ˈjen-dər/ (ame, mw)

cisgender — adjective

  • cisgenderpositive
  • more cisgendercomparative
  • most cisgendersuperlative

1. feeling that you are the gender you were said to be when you were born, and not

1.形容詞C1
釋義

feeling that you are the gender you were said to be when you were born, and not a different one

例句

Eve identifies as cisgender and uses the pronouns 'she' and 'her' at work.

predicative: identify as cisgender

About half the panel at the conference were cisgender women, and the rest were trans or nonbinary speakers.

attributive: cisgender + woman/man

同義詞
  • cis

    shortened informal form of the same word

  • non-transgender

    rare; some writers use it to avoid the cis/trans framing, but most style guides prefer 'cisgender'

反義詞
  • transgender

    describes someone whose gender identity differs from the sex they were assigned at birth

  • trans

    shortened informal form of 'transgender'

文法句型

cisgender + noun (man/woman/person)

be cisgender

用法筆記

Often shortened to 'cis' in informal speech and writing. Used as a neutral descriptor — not the opposite of any slur — and stands in contrast to 'transgender' / 'trans'.

常見錯誤

❌She is cisgendered to a woman.
✅She is cisgender.
💡no preposition follows; the word is used like 'female' or 'tall', not like a past participle.
❌He is non-cisgender.
✅He is transgender.' or 'He is nonbinary.
💡'cisgender' is not normally negated; use the specific term instead.