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heterosexual

het·er·o·sex·u·al
H h

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [het-er-uh-sek-shoo-uh l or, esp. British, -seks-yoo-]
    • /ˌhɛt ər əˈsɛk ʃu əl or, esp. British, -ˈsɛks yu-/
    • /ˌhet.ər.əˈsek.sjʊ.əl/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [het-er-uh-sek-shoo-uh l or, esp. British, -seks-yoo-]
    • /ˌhɛt ər əˈsɛk ʃu əl or, esp. British, -ˈsɛks yu-/

Definitions of heterosexual word

  • adjective heterosexual of, relating to, or exhibiting heterosexuality. 1
  • adjective heterosexual Biology. pertaining to the opposite sex or to both sexes. 1
  • noun heterosexual a heterosexual person. 1
  • noun heterosexual (of a person) sexually attracted to people of the opposite sex. 1
  • adjective heterosexual attracted to opposite sex 1
  • noun heterosexual person attracted to opposite sex 1
See all 14 definitions of heterosexual

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Origin of heterosexual

First appearance:

before 1890
One of the 20% newest English words
First recorded in 1890-95; hetero- + sexual

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Heterosexual

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Heterosexual

heterosexual popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 63% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

heterosexual usage trend in Literature

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Antonyms for heterosexual

adjective heterosexual

  • intersexual — existing between the sexes; done or used by both sexes: an intersexual tennis competition.
  • bisexual — Someone who is bisexual is sexually attracted to both men and women.
  • gynandrous — having stamens and pistils united in a column, as in orchids.
  • bi — Bi means the same as bisexual.
  • hermaphroditic — an individual in which reproductive organs of both sexes are present. Compare pseudohermaphrodite.
All 7 Antonyms of heterosexual

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