Word.ws English Dictionary

heterosexist

heterosexist noun: a homophobic heterosexual person.

Noun

heterosexist (plural heterosexists)

  1. A homophobic heterosexual person.

Forms of heterosexist

pluralheterosexists

Origin of heterosexist

From heterosex(ual) + -ist; modelled on sexist.

Words formed from heterosexist

Questions about heterosexist

What does heterosexist mean?
Heterosexist means a homophobic heterosexual person.
What part of speech is heterosexist?
Heterosexist is a noun.
What is the plural of heterosexist?
The plural of heterosexist is heterosexists.

Words near heterosexist in the dictionary

  1. heterosexed
  2. heterosexes
  3. heterosexing
  4. heterosexism
  5. heterosexisms
  6. heterosexist
  7. heterosexistly
  8. heterosexists
  9. heterosexual
  10. heterosexualism
  11. heterosexualist

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: heterosexist (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “heterosexist.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/heterosexist. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.