heterosexualism
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
27
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
6
Syllables
12
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Discrimination against non-heterosexual people on the basis of their sexual orientation.
Uncountable
noun
The state or existence of heterosexuality, including the traditional gender roles that accompany it.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "What I fear is the normalization of homosexual behavior, which otherwise stands as a challenge to heterosexualism—the belief that all sexual behavior should be procreative or at least not preclude the possibility of babymaking."
- "The organization is no longer a coalition against racism. It's now a coalition against racism, sexism, classism, militarism and heterosexualism."
- "He is able to see his marginalization as a positive act of self-determination, while at the same time wanting nothing to do with leftíst gay politics. He is apart and fighting against heterosexualism, but he is also far from the madding gay crowd."
- "Conducts community organizing project and in-service on understanding the causes of male violence against women, and training on racism, sexism, ageism, and heterosexualism/homophobia."
- "The moral fabric of American family life centered on the suburban "split level family" of the suburbs, upholding the values and beliefs of heterosexualism, as pictured in the novels of Edmund White and other recent gay writers."
- "From the position of possibility created by separating from heterosexualism, Hoagland incites a "moral revolution" that can enable lesbian agency and might also lead to the end of heterosexualism, gender domination, and the (moral) existence of women and men."
Etymology
From heterosexual + -ism.