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cislation

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The act or process of cislating.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Qualifier: transgender and social sciences

Examples

  • 2019, Kate Curley, Debunking the false dichotomy: Developing and applying trans quantcrit at the intersection of trans/non-binary identities and religious, secular, and spiritual engagement in college, thesis for Eastern Michigan University What is called the cislation of transness (the perpetuation of cisnormativity in descriptions of trans people) in higher education and RSS research is pervasive (Sumerau, 2017; Sumerau, Cragun, & Mathers, 2016). Historically and contemporarily, cis people have controlled the narrative on trans/NB people’s experiences.

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From replacing the trans- part of translation with cis-; coined by T.J. Jourian.