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cissexual

or cis-sex·u·al

[ sis-sek-shoo-uhlor, especially British, -seks-yoo- ]

adjective

  1. noting or relating to a person who is comfortable with having the physical characteristics of the sex that person was assigned at birth.


noun

  1. a person who is cissexual.
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Word History and Origins

Origin of cissexual1

First recorded in 2000–05; cis- ( def 3 ) + sexual; modeled on transsexual ( def )
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Example Sentences

But I’m not a huge fan of cisgender, or its related terms, “cissexual” or simple “cis”, because it doesn’t pass what I call “the hair salon test”.

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