Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Sexual orientation to persons of the opposite sex.
- n. Sexual activity with another of the opposite sex.
Wiktionary
- n. The state of being emotionally or sexually attracted to persons of the opposite sex.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the opposite sex
Etymologies
- From hetero- + sexuality. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Are you saying that heterosexuality is a choice or that acting on it is a choice?”
The Volokh Conspiracy » Add Bad Ethics to the Problems of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”?
“Because heterosexuality is (equally?) certainly apt to produce “powerful friendships” or “passionate love” in subjects — and even a “great idea” or two now and then ...”
The Volokh Conspiracy » Add Bad Ethics to the Problems of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”?
“Rob Berra: they are mainly psychs of any or no religion who say RESEARCH shows gays can find satisfaction in heterosexuality, in effect, becoming straight.”
“They may have some biased advocates for them like me – and some biased members who have a religious perspective, like Christian and other religious psychs — but they are mainly psychs of any or no religion who say RESEARCH shows gays can find satisfaction in heterosexuality, in effect, becoming straight.”
“Sandhiller says: heterosexuality is politically correctness gone amuck”
Think Progress » Cuccinelli: Homosexual ‘acts’ are a ‘detriment to our culture.’
“Straight Characters 'heterosexuality is pointed to and expressed ALL the damn time: Peter Parker and Mary Jane Watson, Nightwing and Oracle, Hal Jordan's horn-dog exploits, John Constantine (nuff' said), The Flash, etc.”
“Some of his best stories are "Night Ride" and "Black Country" both about the jazz world, "The Crooked Man" a dystopia where heterosexuality is outlawed (and amazingly, published in Playboy), "Miss Gentilbelle" about a monstrous mother, purportedly based on his own.”
“I trust (for my wife's sake!) that I am not quite the ladies 'man that Sherard turned out to be -- but Sherard's heterosexuality is important to the story.”
Gyles Brandreth Answers Questions about the Oscar Wilde Mysteries
“And third, the best way to help insure that people continue to “view” homosexuality differently from heterosexuality is to continue to treat them differently in the courts.”
“You assume that heterosexuality is the norm, in more than a statistical sense, and then criticize gays and lesbians for being simply as open about their lives as we heterosexuals are.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘heterosexuality’.
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I Found A Rose
List of words that contain the string of letters "rose" - from aprosexia nasalis to prosectionist.
aprosexia nasalis, prosectionist, erose, roseate, tuberose, morose, grosella, retrosexual, serose, arose, Drosera, haroset and 156 more...
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Resident Pipsiculturalist Makes Huge ...
See comments on pipsiculture and homosexuality, which have nothing to do with each other except that I read comments on them at around the same time on the same day.
See also the list ...heterosexuality, homosexuality, agriculture, argumentative, that, article, thus, make, do, the, interesting, like and 106 more...
Tweets
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chained_bear See comment on homosexuality. Aug 4, 2008