queernormativity
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
33
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
6
Syllables
12
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Normalization of queer people, identities, and relationships, especially in a manner that centers or privileges some forms of queerness over others.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "The day of the actual parade is very special due to the fact that for a period of time heteronormativity is not the rule of public space and "queernormativity" takes over."
- "As I attentively plan my upcoming wedding, I can't help but wonder, how might refusing to get married, just to remain radically queer, be understood as queernormativity – the dominant, queer non-status-quo?"
- "Queer spaces often give rise to a “queernormativity” premised on an “alternative respectability” that dictates how to be the “right” kind of queer."
Etymology
From queer + normativity.