Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

heteronormalize

/ˌhɛtəɹəʊˈnɔːməlaɪz/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: het-eronor-mal-ize
IPA: /ˌhɛtəɹəʊˈnɔːməlaɪz/

29

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

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

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"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."
"Kearney reveals not only how riot grrrls became exoticized as young sexy “punkettes,” commodifying their surface appearances, but also how they are repeatedly heteronormalized as straight girls."
"In other words, he ontologizes the symbolic and heteronormalizes us."

Etymology

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

Word Breakdown

Prefix: hetero

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˌhɛtəɹəʊˈnɔːməlaɪz/

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

heteronormalizes (present, singular) heteronormalizing (participle, present) heteronormalized (participle, past) heteronormalized (past)

Questions

How do you pronounce heteronormalize?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌhɛtəɹəʊˈnɔːməlaɪz/.
What does heteronormalize mean?: To alter so as to be consistent with heteronormativity; render heteronormative.
Where does heteronormalize come from?: From hetero- + normalize, on the pattern of heteronormative and heteronormativity.

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