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heterosexes

heterosexes is the plural of heterosex.

Meaning of heterosex

Noun

heterosex (usually uncountable, plural heterosexes)

  1. (usually) Heterosexual sex.
    • Homosexual appetites, tastes, and fantasies, one is reminded while listening to Elliot, appear to be every bit as various as heterosexual ones, with the range of homosex—running from an almost Platonic love to sadistic lust—being no less wide than that of heterosex.1970 September, Joseph Epstein, “Homo/Hetero: The Struggle for Sexual Identity”, in Harper’s Magazine, New York, N.Y., →ISSN, →OCLC

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Questions about heterosexes

What is heterosexes the plural of?
Heterosexes is the plural of heterosex.

Words near heterosexes in the dictionary

  1. heterosegmental
  2. heterosegmentally
  3. heteroses
  4. heterosex
  5. heterosexed
  6. heterosexes
  7. heterosexing
  8. heterosexism
  9. heterosexisms
  10. heterosexist
  11. heterosexistly

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