"ciswash" meaning in All languages combined

See ciswash on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: ciswashes [present, singular, third-person], ciswashing [participle, present], ciswashed [participle, past], ciswashed [past]
Etymology: From cis- + wash, by analogy with whitewash. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|cis|wash}} cis- + wash Head templates: {{en-verb}} ciswash (third-person singular simple present ciswashes, present participle ciswashing, simple past and past participle ciswashed)
  1. 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. Categories (topical): LGBT, Transgender Related terms: cisnormativity, trans-erasure

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2015, Matt Comer, \"'Stonewall' film attracts criticism\", QNotes, Volume 30, Number 8, 14 August 2015 - 27 August 2015, page 17",
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          "ref": "2015, Leela Ginelle, \"Let's Remember What Stonewall Actually Was\", PQ Monthly, August/September 2015, page 15",
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