straight supremacy
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.62 in modern English
30
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
3
Syllables
13
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An ideology or system that holds that straight sexual orientation is superior and privileges straight people.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Straight supremacy is not just a personal problem; the problem is a system of power and privilege that straight folks can also choose to resist. The notion that queers seek “special rights” obscures the real power now being exercised to preserve special and exclusive rights for 'one man and one woman'."
- "We live not only in a racialized society, but also in a class system, a patriarchal system, and one of straight supremacy, able-bodied supremacy, and Christian hegemony. These other forms of privilege, and the oppression experienced by those who can't access them, mediate but never fully eradicate something like white privilege."
Etymology
By analogy with white supremacy.
Usage
Frequently Paired Words
Synonyms
Antonyms
gay supremacy
queer supremacy