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heterosexual

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See also:heterosexuál

English

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Aheterosexual couple kissing.

Etymology

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Fromhetero- +‎-sexual.

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Adjective

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heterosexual (comparativemoreheterosexual,superlativemostheterosexual)

  1. (of a person or other animal)Sexuallyattracted tomembers of theoppositesex.
    • 2021 November 17, Thai PBS, “Thai charter court rules that only heterosexual marriages are constitutional”, inThai PBS World[1], Bangkok: Thai Public Broadcasting Service, retrieved2021-11-17:
      Thai charter court rules that onlyheterosexual marriages are constitutional: Same-sex marriage in Thailand will have to wait, as the Constitutional Court ruled unanimously today (Wednesday) that Section 1448 of the Civil and Commercial Code, defining marriage as being a union between a man and a woman, is constitutional.
  2. (of a romantic or sexual act or relationship) Betweentwopeople ofdifferentsex.
    Coordinate terms:gay,homosexual,lesbian,same-sex,single-sex
    • 1983,Raymond J[oseph] Corsini,Anthony J[oseph] Marsella,Personality Theories, Research, & Assessment, Itasca, Ill.: F.E. Peacock Publishers, Inc.,→ISBN,page348:
      Early Adolescence. This is the high school period between 14 and 17 years of age. This is a confusing and stressful period for the teenager, because sexual impulses are now quite strong in spite of societal sanctions againstheterosexual activity.
    • 1994,Martin S[tephen] Weinberg,Colin J[ohn] Williams, Douglas W. Pryor,Dual Attraction: Understanding Bisexuality, New York, N.Y.; Oxford, Oxfordshire:Oxford University Press,→ISBN,page43:
      On the average, the[bisexual] women’s firstheterosexual attraction and experience (at 11.6 and 14.7 years) occurred before their first homosexual attraction and experience (at 16.9 and 21.4 years).
    • 2015,Arlene Istar Lev, “Resilience in Lesbian and Gay Couples”, in Karen Skerrett, Karen Fergus, editors,Couple Resilience: Emerging Perspectives,Springer,→ISBN, part II (Resilient Processes and Applications to Specific Populations),page46:
      Attempts at eliminating bias against LGBTQ people through education, academically and clinically, often lead to inclusion practices that are “added-on”, i.e., a family therapy course discusses same-sex couples as an addendum lecture at the end of the course, instead of infusing the material throughout the course. Green and Mitchell (2008) ask their readers to imagine authoring an article entitled “Therapy withHeterosexual Couples.”
  3. (obsolete, medicine) Having asexualdesire for the oppositesexseen asunhealthy, including aproclivity fornonreproductive sex.

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sexual orientation adjectivesedit

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Translations

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sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex

Noun

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heterosexual (pluralheterosexuals)

  1. Aheterosexual person, or other heterosexual organism.
    • 2001, John K. Wilson,How the Left Can Win Arguments and Influence People:
      The laws banning discrimination based on sexual orientation apply to all people, gay and straight alike. If an antistraight boss starts firingheterosexuals, they're protected.

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Translations

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a heterosexual organism

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Adjective

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heterosexual m orf (masculine and feminine pluralheterosexuals)

  1. heterosexual

Noun

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heterosexual m orfby sense (pluralheterosexuals)

  1. heterosexual

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Galician

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Etymology

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Fromhetero- +‎sexual.

Adjective

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heterosexual m orf (pluralheterosexuais)

  1. heterosexual

Noun

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heterosexual m orfby sense (pluralheterosexuais)

  1. heterosexual

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German

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Etymology

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Coined by Austro-Hungarian writer, journalist, translator and bibliographerKarl-Maria Kertbeny in 1868, fromhetero- +‎sexual.

Adjective

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heterosexual (strong nominative masculine singularheterosexualer,not comparable)

  1. Dated form ofheterosexuell.
    Coordinate term:homosexual

Declension

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Positive forms ofheterosexual (uncomparable)
number & gendersingularplural
masculinefeminineneuter
predicativeeristheterosexualsieistheterosexualesistheterosexualsiesindheterosexual
strong declension
(without article)
nominativeheterosexualerheterosexualeheterosexualesheterosexuale
genitiveheterosexualenheterosexualerheterosexualenheterosexualer
dativeheterosexualemheterosexualerheterosexualemheterosexualen
accusativeheterosexualenheterosexualeheterosexualesheterosexuale
weak declension
(with definite article)
nominativederheterosexualedieheterosexualedasheterosexualedieheterosexualen
genitivedesheterosexualenderheterosexualendesheterosexualenderheterosexualen
dativedemheterosexualenderheterosexualendemheterosexualendenheterosexualen
accusativedenheterosexualendieheterosexualedasheterosexualedieheterosexualen
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)
nominativeeinheterosexualereineheterosexualeeinheterosexuales(keine)heterosexualen
genitiveeinesheterosexualeneinerheterosexualeneinesheterosexualen(keiner)heterosexualen
dativeeinemheterosexualeneinerheterosexualeneinemheterosexualen(keinen)heterosexualen
accusativeeinenheterosexualeneineheterosexualeeinheterosexuales(keine)heterosexualen

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromFrenchhétérosexuel. Equivalent tohetero- +‎sexual.

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  • IPA(key): /ˌhe.te.ro.sek.suˈal/

Adjective

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heterosexual m orn (feminine singularheterosexuală,masculine pluralheterosexuali,feminine and neuter pluralheterosexuale)

  1. heterosexual

Declension

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Declension ofheterosexual
singularplural
masculineneuterfemininemasculineneuterfeminine
nominative-
accusative
indefiniteheterosexualheterosexualăheterosexualiheterosexuale
definiteheterosexualulheterosexualaheterosexualiiheterosexualele
genitive-
dative
indefiniteheterosexualheterosexualeheterosexualiheterosexuale
definiteheterosexualuluiheterosexualeiheterosexualilorheterosexualelor

Noun

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heterosexual m (pluralheterosexuali,feminine equivalentheterosexuală)

  1. aheterosexual

Declension

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Declension ofheterosexual
singularplural
indefinitedefiniteindefinitedefinite
nominative-accusativeheterosexualheterosexualulheterosexualiheterosexualii
genitive-dativeheterosexualheterosexualuluiheterosexualiheterosexualilor
vocativeheterosexualuleheterosexualilor

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Spanish

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Etymology

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Fromhetero- +‎sexual.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /eteɾoseɡˈswal/[e.t̪e.ɾo.seɣ̞ˈswal]
  • Rhymes:-al
  • Syllabification:he‧te‧ro‧se‧xual

Adjective

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heterosexual m orf (masculine and feminine pluralheterosexuales)

  1. heterosexual

Noun

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heterosexual m orfby sense (pluralheterosexuales)

  1. heterosexual
    Antonym:homosexual

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