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heterosexual

See also: heterosexuál

English

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Heterosexual couple kissing

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From hetero- ‎ -sexual.

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heterosexual (comparative more heterosexual, superlative most heterosexual)

  1. (of a person or other animal) Sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex.
    • 2021 November 17, Thai PBS, “Thai charter court rules that only heterosexual marriages are constitutional”, in Thai PBS World‎[1], Bangkok: Thai Public Broadcasting Service, retrieved 2021-11-17:
      Thai charter court rules that only heterosexual 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) Between two people of different sex.
    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, page 348:
      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 against heterosexual 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, page 43:
      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).
    • 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), page 46:
      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 with Heterosexual Couples.”
  3. (obsolete, medicine) Having a sexual desire for the opposite sex seen as unhealthy, including a proclivity for nonreproductive sex.

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heterosexual (plural heterosexuals)

  1. A heterosexual 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 firing heterosexuals, they're protected.

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heterosexual m or f (masculine and feminine plural heterosexuals)

  1. heterosexual

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heterosexual m or f by sense (plural heterosexuals)

  1. heterosexual
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Galician

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Etymology

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From hetero- ‎ sexual.

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heterosexual m or f (plural heterosexuais)

  1. heterosexual

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heterosexual m or f by sense (plural heterosexuais)

  1. heterosexual

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German

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Etymology

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Coined by Austro-Hungarian writer, journalist, translator and bibliographer Karl-Maria Kertbeny in 1868, from hetero- ‎ sexual.

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heterosexual (strong nominative masculine singular heterosexualer, not comparable)

  1. Dated form of heterosexuell.
    Coordinate term: homosexual

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Positive forms of heterosexual (uncomparable)
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist heterosexual sie ist heterosexual es ist heterosexual sie sind heterosexual
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative heterosexualer heterosexuale heterosexuales heterosexuale
genitive heterosexualen heterosexualer heterosexualen heterosexualer
dative heterosexualem heterosexualer heterosexualem heterosexualen
accusative heterosexualen heterosexuale heterosexuales heterosexuale
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der heterosexuale die heterosexuale das heterosexuale die heterosexualen
genitive des heterosexualen der heterosexualen des heterosexualen der heterosexualen
dative dem heterosexualen der heterosexualen dem heterosexualen den heterosexualen
accusative den heterosexualen die heterosexuale das heterosexuale die heterosexualen
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein heterosexualer eine heterosexuale ein heterosexuales (keine) heterosexualen
genitive eines heterosexualen einer heterosexualen eines heterosexualen (keiner) heterosexualen
dative einem heterosexualen einer heterosexualen einem heterosexualen (keinen) heterosexualen
accusative einen heterosexualen eine heterosexuale ein heterosexuales (keine) heterosexualen

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French hétérosexuel. Equivalent to hetero- ‎ sexual.

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  • IPA(key): /ˌhe.te.ro.sek.suˈal/

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heterosexual m or n (feminine singular heterosexuală, masculine plural heterosexuali, feminine and neuter plural heterosexuale)

  1. heterosexual

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Declension of heterosexual
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative 		indefinite heterosexual heterosexuală heterosexuali heterosexuale
definite heterosexualul heterosexuala heterosexualii heterosexualele
genitive/
dative 		indefinite heterosexual heterosexuale heterosexuali heterosexuale
definite heterosexualului heterosexualei heterosexualelor heterosexualilor

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heterosexual m (plural heterosexuali, feminine equivalent heterosexuală)

  1. a heterosexual

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Declension of heterosexual
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) heterosexual heterosexualul (niște) heterosexuali heterosexualii
genitive/dative (unui) heterosexual heterosexualului (unor) heterosexuali heterosexualilor
vocative heterosexualule heterosexualilor
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Etymology

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From hetero- ‎ sexual.

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

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heterosexual m or f (masculine and feminine plural heterosexuales)

  1. heterosexual

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heterosexual m or f by sense (plural heterosexuales)

  1. heterosexual
    Antonym: homosexual

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