heteronormalize

verb
/ˌhɛtəɹəʊˈnɔːməlaɪz/UK

Etymology

From hetero- + normalize, on the pattern of heteronormative and heteronormativity.

  1. derived from normālis
  2. formed as normalize — “normal + -ize
  3. prefixed as heteronormalize — “hetero + normalize

Definitions

  1. To alter so as to be consistent with heteronormativity

    To alter so as to be consistent with heteronormativity; render heteronormative.

    • As dismayed as I am with Jenks’s editing, it is not, of course, fair to say that he completely heteronormalized Hemingway’s text[.]
    • That modernist efforts to heteronormalize Iranian society have not focused on the production of the homosexual as a type has had significant repercussions on yet another level.
    • Heterosocial European cultural practices, in other words, heteronormalized Iranian men’s sensibilities.

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