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Cisman vs Transman - What's the difference?

cisman | transman | Antonyms |

Transman is a coordinate term of cisman.



As nouns the difference between cisman and transman

is that cisman is a cisgender man: a man who is biologically male while transman is a female-to-male transgender or transsexual person.

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

    transman

    English

    Alternative forms

    * trans man, trans-man

    Noun

    (transmen)
  • A female-to-male transgender or transsexual person.

    • Synonyms

    * FtM, , transguy, hefemale

    Coordinate terms

    * transwoman, ciswoman, cisman

    Hypernyms

    * transperson

    See also

    * (female-to-male) transmasculine ----