cisgender

American  

[sis-jen-der] / ˈsɪsˈdʒɛn dər /

Or cis-gender

adjective

1. Also cisgendered noting or relating to a person whose gender identity corresponds with that person’s sex assigned at birth.

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noun

1. a person who is cisgender.

Etymology

Origin of cisgender

First recorded in 1990–95; cis- ( def. 3 ) + gender ¹ ; modeled on transgender ( def. )

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• cisgender vs. transgender

Example Sentences

Transgender and nonbinary youth were nearly twice as likely to say they’d struggled with anxiety and suicidal thoughts than their cisgender peers — a pattern that held steady throughout the first year of data collection on participants in this group.

From Los Angeles Times

Trans people, in particular, are four times more likely to be victims of violent crime than cisgender people.

From Salon

Many in the LGBTQ+ community have strenuously pushed back against such claims, noting research showing most shootings are committed by cisgender men.

From Los Angeles Times

An analysis by PolitiFact found that data do not show claims that transgender people are more prone to violence, and that “trans people are more likely to be victims of violence than their cisgender peers.”

From Los Angeles Times

Between 2018 and 2023, among shootings with four or more victims, 2,826 of the shooters were cisgender.

From Salon