heterosexual
adj/ˌhɛtəɹəˈsɛkʃuəl/US/ˌhɛtəɹəˈsɛkʃuəl/UK
Etymology
From hetero- + -sexual. Earliest citation from 1892, in C.G. Craddock's translation of Krafft-Ebbing's Psychopathia Sexualis.
Definitions
Sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex.
Between two people of different sex.
- On the average, the [bisexual] women’s first heterosexual 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).
Having a sexual desire for the opposite sex seen as unhealthy, including a proclivity for…
Having a sexual desire for the opposite sex seen as unhealthy, including a proclivity for nonreproductive sex.
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A heterosexual person, or other heterosexual organism.
- The laws banning discrimination based on sexual orientation apply to all people, gay and straight alike. If an antistraight boss starts firing heterosexuals, they're protected.
The neighborhood
- synonymheterosexual
- synonymstraggot
- synonymbreeder
- antonymhomosexual
- neighborheterosocial
- neighborheteroerotic
- neighborheterogenital
- neighborheterosexual person
- neighborheteroflexible
- neighborcishet
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for heterosexual. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA