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allonormativity

UK/ˌæ.ləʊ.nɔː.məˈtɪv.ɪ.ti//ˌæ.loʊ.nɔːɹ.məˈtɪv.ə.ti/

allonormativity noun: the assumption that all human beings are allosexual or alloromantic, i.e. that they experience sexual attraction and/or romantic attraction to other people.

Noun

allonormativity (uncountable)

  1. (neologism) The assumption that all human beings are allosexual or alloromantic, i.e. that they experience sexual attraction and/or romantic attraction to other people.
    • Because aces differ so much, the ideologies of compulsory sexuality, sex normativity, amatonormativity, and even allonormativity will tend to operate differently upon different types of aces.2015, Laura, "Asexual community politics and sex aversion", F-ace-ing Silence, Issue 2, January 2015, page 18
    • The sooner campuses acknowledge asexuality as a sexual identity, the sooner they can begin examining and addressing the ways they perpetuate allonormativity.2019, Amanda L. Mollett, Brian Lackman, “Asexual Student Invisibility and Erasure in Higher Education: 'I Thought I Was the Only One'”, in Eboni M. Zamani-Gallaher, Devika Dibya Choudhuri, Jason L....

Origin of allonormativity

From allo- + normativity.

Words that rhyme with allonormativity

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Questions about allonormativity

What does allonormativity mean?
Allonormativity means the assumption that all human beings are allosexual or alloromantic, i.e. that they experience sexual attraction and/or romantic attraction to other people.
What part of speech is allonormativity?
Allonormativity is a noun.
How do you pronounce allonormativity?
Allonormativity is pronounced /ˌæ.ləʊ.nɔː.məˈtɪv.ɪ.ti/ (UK).

Words near allonormativity in the dictionary

  1. allonged
  2. allonges
  3. allonging
  4. allonic acid
  5. allonomous
  6. allonormativity
  7. allonurse
  8. allonursed
  9. allonursing
  10. allonym
  11. allonymies

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