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heteronormativity

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The assumption that all human beings are either male or female in both sex and gender, and that sexual and romantic attraction and activity only occurs, or is only normal, between people of different sexes.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sḿ̥teros Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros)lbor. English hetero- Latin norma Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh2tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English -ative English normative Proto-Indo-European *-teh2 Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh2ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English normativity English heteronormativity From hetero- + normativity.

Across languages

Translations

28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: heteronormativitet — heteronormativity
  • Bulgarian: хетеронормативност (heteronormativnost) — heteronormativity
  • Catalan: heteronormativitat — heteronormativity
  • Czech: heteronormativita — heteronormativity
  • Danish: heteronormativitet — heteronormativity
  • Dutch: heteronormativiteit — heteronormativity
  • Estonian: heteronormatiivsus — heteronormativity
  • Finnish: heteronormatiivisuus — heteronormativity
  • French: hétéronormativité — heteronormativity
  • Galician: heteronormatividade — heteronormativity
  • German: Heteronormativität — heteronormativity
  • Greek: ετεροκανονικότητα (eterokanonikótita) — heteronormativity
  • Hungarian: heteronormativitás — heteronormativity
  • Irish: heitreanormáltacht — heteronormativity
  • Italian: eteronormatività — heteronormativity
  • Latvian: heteronormatīvisms — heteronormativity
  • Lithuanian: heteronormatyvumas — heteronormativity
  • Macedonian: хетеронормативност (heteronormativnost) — heteronormativity
  • Maltese: eteronormatività — heteronormativity
  • Polish: heteronormatywność — heteronormativity
  • Portuguese: heteronormatividade — heteronormativity
  • Romanian: heteronormativitate — heteronormativity
  • Russian: гетеронормати́вность (geteronormatívnostʹ) — heteronormativity
  • Serbo-Croatian: heteronormativnost — heteronormativity
  • Slovak: heteronormativita — heteronormativity
  • Slovene: heteronormativnost — heteronormativity
  • Spanish: heteronormatividad — heteronormativity
  • Swedish: heteronormativitet — heteronormativity