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heteroerotic

heteroerotic adjective: relating to heterosexual desire or attraction.

Adjective

heteroerotic (not comparable)

  1. Relating to heterosexual desire or attraction.
    • The heteroerotic topos of the lover's fascinated gaze, drawn irresistibly to the face and especially the eyes of his beloved, is not hard to discern behind the parodic cruising of the Thieves.2005, James L. Miller, Dante & the Unorthodox: the Aesthetics of Transgression, Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press, page 216

Antonyms of heteroerotic

Origin of heteroerotic

From hetero- (“other”) + erotic (“pertaining to sexual desire”).

Words formed from heteroerotic

Questions about heteroerotic

What does heteroerotic mean?
Heteroerotic means relating to heterosexual desire or attraction.
What part of speech is heteroerotic?
Heteroerotic is an adjective.

Words near heteroerotic in the dictionary

  1. heteroepitactic
  2. heteroepitaxial
  3. heteroepitaxic
  4. heteroepitaxies
  5. heteroepitaxy
  6. heteroerotic
  7. heteroerotica
  8. heteroerotically
  9. heteroeroticism
  10. heteroerotics
  11. heteroerotism

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