cisheteropatriarchy

English

Etymology

cis- +‎ hetero- +‎ patriarchy

Pronunciation

• (GenAm) IPA^(key): /ˌsɪsˌhɛtəɹəˈpeɪtɹiɑɹki/

Noun

cisheteropatriarchy (countable and uncountable, plural cisheteropatriarchies)

1. The dominance of cisgender heterosexual males in society.
   • 2020, H. Samy Alim, Jooyoung Lee, Lauren Mason Carris, Quentin E. Williams, “Language, Race, and the (Trans)Formation of Cisheteropatriarchy”, in The Oxford Handbook of Language and Race‎^[1]:

     These hegemonic practices reconstitute social divisions that benefit cisheteropatriarchy, an ideological system that naturalizes normative views of what it means to “look” and “act” like a “straight” man and marginalizes women, femininity, and all gender non-conforming bodies that challenge the gender binary.

Related terms

• cisheteropatriarchal

Translations

the dominance of cisgender heterosexual men

• French: cis-hétéro-patriarcat (fr), hétéro-cis-patriarcat (fr)
• Russian: цисгетеропатриарха́т m (cisgeteropatriarxát)