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hetero-fascism

hetero-fascism noun: authoritarian or aggressive support for heteronormativity.

Noun

hetero-fascism (uncountable)

  1. (derogatory) Authoritarian or aggressive support for heteronormativity.
    • Attempting (and failing) to Expose Homosexuality In The Nazi Party and in the process, exposing Heterofascism in America.1996 January 12, DAnder9829 [username], “Re: The Pink Friend of the German Jews: Ernst Roehm the Homosexual”, in alt.revisionism (Usenet)
    • The two eventually fall out, violently and publicly, over Aids, which Willie comes to see as "a moral argument that's trying to police our sexuality", just as Doumé and Leibo fall out over the latter's alleged "heterofascism".2011 February 17, Leo Robson, “Hate: a Romance by Tristan Garcia”, in New Statesman

Forms of hetero-fascism

alternative formheterofascism

Origin of hetero-fascism

From hetero- + fascism.

Questions about hetero-fascism

What does hetero-fascism mean?
Hetero-fascism means authoritarian or aggressive support for heteronormativity.
What part of speech is hetero-fascism?
Hetero-fascism is a noun.

Words near hetero-fascism in the dictionary

  1. heteritic
  2. hetero
  3. hetero marriage
  4. Hetero sapiens
  5. hetero-
  6. hetero-fascism
  7. hetero-marriage
  8. hetero-oligomerisation
  9. hetero-oligomerization
  10. hetero-supremacy
  11. heteroactivate

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