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queernormative

queernormative adjective: of, pertaining to, or exhibiting queernormativity.

Adjective

queernormative (comparative more queernormative, superlative most queernormative)

  1. Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting queernormativity.
    • If queernormative spaces keep people constantly on guard, fearful others will attack them for a wrong move, then those spaces will be alienating, even for those who stay within them.2017, Jason Orne, Boystown: Sex and Community in Chicago, page 233
    • Apart from rediscovering/decolonising the queernormative heritage of the Indian Indigenous past, […]2020, Kaustav Chakraborty, Queering Tribal Folktales from East and Northeast India, page ix

Forms of queernormative

comparativemore queernormative
superlativemost queernormative

Origin of queernormative

From queer + normative.

Questions about queernormative

What does queernormative mean?
Queernormative means of, pertaining to, or exhibiting queernormativity.
What part of speech is queernormative?
Queernormative is an adjective.

Words near queernormative in the dictionary

  1. queermo
  2. queermos
  3. queerness
  4. queernesses
  5. queernorm
  6. queernormative
  7. queernormativity
  8. queerosexual
  9. queerosexuals
  10. queerphobe
  11. queerphobes

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