amatonormativity
amatonormativity noun: the assumption that all human beings pursue love or romance, especially by means of a monogamous long-term relationship.
Noun
amatonormativity (uncountable)
- The assumption that all human beings pursue love or romance, especially by means of a monogamous long-term relationship.
- Amatonormativity is oppressive when it privileges members of one form of caring relationship at the expense of noncomformists, whose opportunities are thereby significantly worsened.2011, Elizabeth Brake, Minimizing Marriage: Marriage, Morality, and the Law, page 98
- Casual amatonormativity is routine even in scholarly research.2017, Carrie Jenkins, What Love Is: And What It Could Be, unnumbered page
- Synonyms:
- arophobia
Synonyms of amatonormativity
Origin of amatonormativity
A compound of Latin amātō or amātus and normativity, modeled on heteronormativity and coined by philosophy professor Elizabeth Brake in 2011.
Questions about amatonormativity
- What does amatonormativity mean?
- Amatonormativity means the assumption that all human beings pursue love or romance, especially by means of a monogamous long-term relationship.
- What part of speech is amatonormativity?
- Amatonormativity is a noun.
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