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amatonormative

amatonormative adjective: privileging or valuing romantic relationships as fundamental or natural.

Adjective

amatonormative (comparative more amatonormative, superlative most amatonormative)

  1. (neologism) Privileging or valuing romantic relationships as fundamental or natural.
    • Amatonormative discrimination is widely practiced. Its existence is not controversial. What is controversial is the claim that it is wrongful discrimination and not simply justified differential treatment—that it is arbitrary and hence, at least in law, unjust.2011, Elizabeth Brake, Minimizing Marriage: Marriage, Morality, and the Law, page 94
    • Both friends explicitly reject the amatonormative assumption that they are potential romantic partners.2017, Matthew A. Hoffman, Sara Kolmes, “When Clark Met Diana: Friendship and Romance in Comics”, in Jacob M. Held, editor, Wonder Woman and Philosophy: The Amazonian Mystique, page 87

Forms of amatonormative

comparativemore amatonormative
superlativemost amatonormative

Origin of amatonormative

From amato- + normative.

Questions about amatonormative

What does amatonormative mean?
Amatonormative means privileging or valuing romantic relationships as fundamental or natural.
What part of speech is amatonormative?
Amatonormative is an adjective.

Words near amatonormative in the dictionary

  1. amatively
  2. amativeness
  3. Amato
  4. amatol
  5. amatong
  6. amatonormative
  7. amatonormativity
  8. amatorculist
  9. amatorculists
  10. amatorial
  11. amatorially

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