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heterosexualize

heterosexualize verb: to render heterosexual.

Verb

heterosexualize (third-person singular simple present heterosexualizes, present participle heterosexualizing, simple past and past participle heterosexualized)

  1. (transitive) To render heterosexual.

Forms of heterosexualize

third-person singular presentheterosexualizes
present participleheterosexualizing
past participleheterosexualized
pastheterosexualized

Origin of heterosexualize

From heterosexual + -ize.

Words formed from heterosexualize

Questions about heterosexualize

What does heterosexualize mean?
Heterosexualize means to render heterosexual.
What part of speech is heterosexualize?
Heterosexualize is a verb.
What is the past tense of heterosexualize?
The past tense of heterosexualize is heterosexualized.

Words near heterosexualize in the dictionary

  1. heterosexualist
  2. heterosexualists
  3. heterosexualities
  4. heterosexuality
  5. heterosexualization
  6. heterosexualize
  7. heterosexualized
  8. heterosexualizes
  9. heterosexualizing
  10. heterosexually
  11. heterosexualness

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