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Cisfemale vs Ciswoman - What's the difference?

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Ciswoman is a related term of cisfemale.



As an adjective cisfemale

is being biologically female and identifying as female; being a cisgender female.

As a noun ciswoman is

a cisgender woman, a woman who is biologically female.

cisfemale

English

Adjective

(-)
  • (of a, person) Being biologically female and identifying as female; being a cisgender .
  • Coordinate terms

    * cismale

    See also

    * transfemale

    ciswoman

    English

    Noun

    (ciswomen)
  • (LGBT) A cisgender woman, a woman who is biologically female.
  • * 2010 , Holly Kearl, Stop Street Harassment: Making Public Places Safe and Welcoming for Women , Greenwood Publishing Group, ISBN 978-0-313-38496-7, page 57:
  • Not only do people harass and attack transwomen for being who they are: transwomen also face scrutiny from both ciswomen and cismen over “what” they are.

    Synonyms

    * genetic girl (GG)

    Coordinate terms

    * cisman, transwoman, transman

    Hypernyms

    * cisperson

    See also

    * cisgender, transgender, cisfemale, cismale