English Explanatory Dictionary

heterosexual

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex.
  2. Between two people of different sex.
  3. Having a sexual desire for the opposite sex seen as unhealthy, including a proclivity for nonreproductive sex.
noun
  1. A heterosexual person, or other heterosexual organism.

Pronunciation

/ˌhɛtəɹəˈsɛkʃuəl/ /ˌhɛtəɹoʊˈsɛkʃuəl/ /ˌhɛtɹəˈsɛkʃuəl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-heterosexual.wav

Word forms

heterosexual more heterosexual most heterosexual heterosexuals

Etymology

From hetero- + -sexual. Earliest citation from 1892, in C.G. Craddock's translation of Krafft-Ebbing's Psychopathia Sexualis.

Synonyms

heterosexual straggot breeder straight hetero hetty other-sex

Antonyms

homosexual

Related words

heterosocial heteroerotic heterogenital heterosexual person

Derived words

anti-heterosexual antiheterosexual cisheterosexual heterosexualism heterosexualist heterosexuality heterosexualization heterosexualize heterosexually heterosexualness metrosexual monoheterosexual non-heterosexual nonheterosexual pseudoheterosexual
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