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heteroromanticism

heteroromanticism noun: the state of being heteroromantic, i.e. romantically attracted to the opposite gender.

Noun

heteroromanticism (uncountable)

  1. The state of being heteroromantic, i.e. romantically attracted to the opposite gender.
    • Heteronormativity describes the tendencies to assume a gender binary, the alignment of gender with sex, and the expectation of heterosexuality and heteroromanticism.2015 October, Nathan Chan, “Coming out at University”, in Salterrae, page 4
    • Could we gradually replace all of love's traditional characterizing features—monogamy, permanence, heteroromanticism, romantic gender roles, and so on—over time? Would there still be romantic love at the end of that process?2017, Carrie Jenkins, What Love Is: And What It Could Be

Origin of heteroromanticism

From heteroromantic + -ism.

Questions about heteroromanticism

What does heteroromanticism mean?
Heteroromanticism means the state of being heteroromantic, i.e. romantically attracted to the opposite gender.
What part of speech is heteroromanticism?
Heteroromanticism is a noun.

Words near heteroromanticism in the dictionary

  1. heterorhizal
  2. heterorhythmic
  3. heteroring
  4. heterorings
  5. heteroromantic
  6. heteroromanticism
  7. heteros
  8. heterosaccharide
  9. heterosaccharides
  10. heteroscadacity
  11. heteroscedacity

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