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Cismale vs Cisman - What's the difference?

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Cisman is a related term of cismale.



As an adjective cismale

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

As a noun cisman is

a cisgender man: a man who is biologically male.

cismale

English

Adjective

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

    • Coordinate terms

    * cisfemale

    Related terms

    * cis * cissexual * cisgender

    See also

    * transmale

    cisman

    English

    Noun

    (cismen)
  • (LGBT) A cisgender man: a man who is biologically male.
  • * 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.

    Coordinate terms

    * ciswoman, transman, transwoman

    Hypernyms

    * cisperson

    See also

    * cisgender, transgender, cismale, cisfemale