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Cisgender vs Misgender - What's the difference?

cisgender | misgender |

As an adjective cisgender

is (lgbt|of a person) identifying with or experiencing a gender the same as one's biological sex or that is affirmed by society, eg being both male-gendered and male-sexed.

As a verb misgender is

to refer to a person using terms (pronouns, nouns, adjectives) that express the wrong gender, either accidentally or deliberately; for example by calling a woman "son", a boy "she", or an agender individual "he" or "she".

cisgender

English

Adjective

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  • (LGBT, of a person) Identifying with or experiencing a gender the same as one's biological sex or that is affirmed by society, e.g. being both male-gendered and male-sexed.

    • Synonyms

    * cisgendered

    Antonyms

    * transgender * ambigender * ungendered * bigender * agender * third gender * genderqueer * genderfluid

    Related terms

    * cis * cissexual * cisman, cisperson, ciswoman * cisfemale, cismale * cisphobia

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    misgender

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To refer to a person using terms (pronouns, nouns, adjectives...) that express the wrong gender, either accidentally or deliberately; for example by calling a woman "son", a boy "she", or an agender individual "he" or "she".