How do you pronounce homonormativity?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˌhoʊ.moʊ.nɔːɹ.məˈtɪv.ə.ti/.

homonormativity

/ˌhoʊ.moʊ.nɔːɹ.məˈtɪv.ə.ti/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: homonor-ma-tiv-i-ty
IPA: /ˌhoʊ.moʊ.nɔːɹ.məˈtɪv.ə.ti/

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Meaning

noun

The assumption that sexual and romantic attraction and activity between people of the same sex is normal, either as the only normal, or in a culture which also treats opposite-sex activity as normal (and typically assumes all people are either male or female).

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The adoption of heterosexist values, beliefs and norms into the gay or queer community.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Homonormativity is largely a product of tolerance and, as Brown tells us, tolerance, among other things, exists in the social realm to cover over inequitable particularities in the legal sphere."
"Duggan is careful to acknowledge that her identification of homonormativity does not create a category that parallels and reflects heteronormativity, as there are no gay structures parallel to those supporting and sustaining heterosexuality; [...]"
"Homonationalism needs to be more broadly understood as one dimension of “homonormativity,” which Lisa Duggan described over a decade ago as a gay mindset that does not “contest dominant heteronormative assumptions and institutions but upholds and sustains them.” […] She showed that homonormativity, within the overarching framework of a heteronormative society, has a class dimension: it reflects the ways that a layer of lesbian/gay people are adapting in order to occupy a secure niche within the neoliberal order."
"The Swedish gay date film Patrik 1,5 (2008) would be, arguably, a comparable example of such a homonormative filmic representation. Made in an era of homonormativity, however, but not (my contention will be) necessarily made of the era of homonormativity, Any Day Now should not be so easily dismissed or contained."
"I'm an activist, but in Kelowna I felt like my safety is predicated on silence and white middle-class homonormativity."
"Indeed, queer thinkers have pointed out how heteronormativity and homonormativity are belied by the diversity of desires and relationships that already characterise many people's lives, and that transcend the ideological identities and proprieties that heteronormative and homonormative institutions attempt to enforce."

Etymology

From homonormative + -ity or homo- + normativity.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: homonormative

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌhoʊ.moʊ.nɔːɹ.məˈtɪv.ə.ti/
British English: /ˌhəʊ.məʊ.nɔː.məˈtɪv.ɪ.ti/

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Inflected Forms

homonormativities (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

homonormative heteronormative heteronormativity binormative binormativity cisnormative cisnormativity transnormative

Rhymes With

activity relativity nativity reflectivity proclivity normativity privity affectivity prescriptivity hectivity snacktivity