cishet

English

Alternative forms

• cis-het

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin cisder.

English cis-

Proto-Indo-European *sem-

Proto-Indo-European *sḿ̥teros

Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros

Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros)lbor.

English hetero-

Proto-Indo-European *sek-der.

Proto-Indo-European *séks-u-sder.

Proto-Italic *seksus

Proto-Indo-European *sek-

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *sékh₁yeti

Proto-Italic *sekaō

Latin secō

Latin secāre?

Latin sexus

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Latin sexuālisbor.

English sexual

English -sexual

English heterosexualclip.

English het

English cishet

From cis- + het.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈsɪs.hɛt/

• Audio (US):

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Adjective

cishet (not comparable)

1. (informal) Cisgender and heterosexual.

   Synonyms: cishetero, cisheterosexual

   • 2013, "Witchymorgan", "On the Labor Movement and Transmisogyny", Black & Pink, May 2013, page 4:

     Even in death, the way we are spoken about by the mainstream cishet world is traumatizing and violent. Even in death, trans women of color cannot escape the trauma of colonialism and genocide.

   • 2013, Ariel Estrella, "Hegemony, heteronormativity and amoeba", The Mac Weekly (Macalester College), 18 October 2013:

     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.

   • 2014, Bec Eames, "In defence of unattractive feminism", Honi Soit (University of Sydney), Semester 1, Week 12, page 17:

     […] it reinforces the problematic notion that 'true' feminism belongs to cishet white abled feminists; […]

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:cishet.

Translations

cisgender and heterosexual

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 順直 / 顺直 (zh) (shùnzhí), 順異 / 顺异 (zh) (shùnyì)(less common)

• French: cishet (fr)
• Polish: cishet
• Portuguese: cis-hétero

Noun

cishet (plural cishets)

1. (informal) A cisgender and heterosexual person.
   • 2013, Anonymous letter-writer quoted in Maureen Matthews, "About last night", The Sydney Morning Herald, 6 October 2013:

     Last weekend I was on Facebook taking part in a conversation about dating sites when someone called me a cishet, in a sneering tone.

   • 2014 July 5, Anthony Speciyogic, “Burger King Pride Campaign Claims ‘We’re All The Same Inside’”, in Inquisitr:

     People who identify as cisgender and heterosexual, or cishets, are certainly more privileged in today’s society than the LGBTQIA+ community — which includes lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer-identified, intersex, and asexual people, as well as others who do not identify as cishet people.

   • 2020, “cishets (i don't want it at all)”, in Fraxiom (lyrics), umru (music), Feeling Cool And Normal, performed by Fraxiom:

     I don't fuck with cishets / I look so good in fishnets

Anagrams

• ethics, theics, Sethic, tiches, itches

French

Alternative forms

• cis het

Etymology

Compound of cis +‎ het.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si.sɛt/
• Rhymes: -ɛt

Adjective

cishet (plural cishets)

1. cishet

   Synonyms: 67, cis-hétéro, cishétérosexuel

Noun

cishet m or f (plural cishets)

1. cishet

   Synonyms: 67, cis-hétéro, cishétérosexuel