"cishet" meaning in English

See cishet in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈsɪs.hɛt/ [UK, US]
Etymology: From cis + het. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|cis|het}} cis + het Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} cishet (not comparable)
  1. (informal) Cissexual/cisgender and heterosexual. Tags: informal, not-comparable Categories (topical): Gender, LGBTQ, Sexual orientations Synonyms: cishetero, cisheterosexual Translations (cisgender and heterosexual): 順直 (Chinese Mandarin), 顺直 (shùnzhí) (Chinese Mandarin), cishet (French), cis-hétero (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-cishet-en-adj-q15aLJCF Disambiguation of Gender: 53 47 Disambiguation of LGBTQ: 51 49 Disambiguation of Sexual orientations: 49 51 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms with consonant pseudo-digraphs, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of English terms with consonant pseudo-digraphs: 45 55 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 55 45 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 49 49 0 2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cis-het

Noun

IPA: /ˈsɪs.hɛt/ [UK, US] Forms: cishets [plural]
Etymology: From cis + het. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|cis|het}} cis + het Head templates: {{en-noun}} cishet (plural cishets)
  1. (informal) A cissexual/cisgender and heterosexual person. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Gender, LGBTQ, Sexual orientations
    Sense id: en-cishet-en-noun-jh8isfrt Disambiguation of Gender: 53 47 Disambiguation of LGBTQ: 51 49 Disambiguation of Sexual orientations: 49 51 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms with consonant pseudo-digraphs, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of English terms with consonant pseudo-digraphs: 45 55 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 49 49 0 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 40 58 0 2 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 42 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 40 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 32 68
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cis-het

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "2013, Ariel Estrella, \"Hegemony, heteronormativity and amoeba\", The Mac Weekly (Macalester College), 18 October 2013",
          "text": "While children can be born to any kind of parent and situation, unless drastic measures are taken, they will be raised in an overwhelmingly cisgendered and heterosexual (cishet) world. Cishet children and adults’ identities are affirmed by media, legal documents, population majority, history and other depictions of assumed cis-ness and heterosexuality."
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