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noun
Disillusionment with heterosexuality, typically expressed in an ironic, performative manner and grounded in an essentialist or deterministic view of gender relations.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: neologism, uncountable
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Synonyms: heterofatalism
Antonyms: none provided
History
From hetero- + pessimism, coined by sexuality scholar Asa Seresin, see quotations.
