nonheteronormative
Syllables: non·he·ter·o·norm·at·iveUK/ˌnɒnˌhɛtəɹəʊˈnɔːmətɪv/US/ˌnɑnˌhɛtəɹoʊˈnoɹmətɪv/
nonheteronormative adjective: not heteronormative.
Adjective
nonheteronormative (not comparable)
- Not heteronormative.
- Even though the Asari’s appearance fits into conventional ideas of what is attractive and sexually engaging, the underlying design of the Asari is a “point of convergence” from that which is nonheteronormative. As a species of all “females,” their society has no dichotomies based on sex, with every...2015, Summer Glassie, “"Embraced eternity lately?": Mislabeling and subversion of sexuality labels through the Asari in the Mass Effect trilogy”, in Matthew Wysocki, Evan W. Lauteria, editors, Rated...
- A huge percent of the homeless teens I'd met had been assigned one gender at birth but identified as another, or they felt like the whole boy/girl binary didn't apply to them. They ended up on the street because—shocker—their families didn't accept them. Nothing says "tough love" like kicking your...2016, Rick Riordan, Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard: The Hammer of Thor, page 55
Origin of nonheteronormative
From non- + heteronormative.
Words that rhyme with nonheteronormative
Questions about nonheteronormative
- What does nonheteronormative mean?
- Nonheteronormative means not heteronormative.
- What part of speech is nonheteronormative?
- Nonheteronormative is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce nonheteronormative?
- Nonheteronormative is pronounced /ˌnɒnˌhɛtəɹəʊˈnɔːmətɪv/ (UK).
Words near nonheteronormative in the dictionary
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