Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- Other; different: heterochromatic.
- Containing different kinds of atoms: heterocyclic.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. An element in compound words of Greek origin or formation, meaning ‘other’ or ‘different’: often opposed to homo-, ‘same.’
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- A combining form signifying
other ,other than usual ,different .
Etymologies
- From Ancient Greek ἕτερος (heteros, "other, another, different") (Wiktionary)
- Greek, from heteros, other; see sem-1 in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“The Dutch penal code states that anyone who either "publicly, verbally or in writing or image, deliberately expresses himself in any way that incites hatred against a group or people" or "in any way that insults a group of people because of their race, their religion or belief, their hetero- or homosexual inclination or their physical, psychological or mental handicap, will be punished.”
“The Dutch penal code states in its articles 137c and 137d that anyone who either "publicly, verbally or in writing or image, deliberately expresses himself in any way that incites hatred against a group of people" or "in any way that insults a group of people because of their race, their religion or belief, their hetero- or homosexual inclination or their physical, psychological or mental handicap, will be punished.”
“Pickpocket, and hetero-, as in most of the other films; surrealism and Bresson's connection to a jazz-Dada-fashion milieu in the Thirties; and radical politics, particularly in his colour films.”
“Even if sexual orientation were a choice, aren’t we a country where we’re supposed to be free to pursue our happiness, whether we’re hetero-, homo-, bi-, trans-, or even a-sexual?”
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