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The assumption made when relating to others that everyone is heterosexual.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Discrimination or prejudice in favor of heterosexuals.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
discrimination in favor of heterosexual and against homosexual people
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: discrimination, favoritism, favouritism
From heterosex(ual) + -ism; modelled on sexism.
Across languages
Translations
33 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Albanian:
heteroseksizëm
— Discrimination in favor of heterosexuals
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Bulgarian:
хетеросексизъм
(heteroseksizǎm)
— Discrimination in favor of heterosexuals
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Catalan:
heterosexisme
— Discrimination in favor of heterosexuals
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Czech:
heterosexismus
— Discrimination in favor of heterosexuals
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Danish:
heterosexisme
— Discrimination in favor of heterosexuals
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Dutch:
heteroseksisme
— Discrimination in favor of heterosexuals
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Esperanto:
aliseksemismo
— Discrimination in favor of heterosexuals
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Estonian:
heteroseksism
— Discrimination in favor of heterosexuals
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Finnish:
hetero-oletus
— Discrimination in favor of heterosexuals
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French:
hétérosexisme
— Discrimination in favor of heterosexuals
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Galician:
heterosexismo
— Discrimination in favor of heterosexuals
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German:
Heterosexismus
— Discrimination in favor of heterosexuals
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Greek:
ετεροσεξισμός
(eterosexismós)
— Discrimination in favor of heterosexuals
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Hebrew:
הטרוסקסיזם
(heteroseksizm)
— Discrimination in favor of heterosexuals
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Hungarian:
heteroszexizmus
— Discrimination in favor of heterosexuals
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Interlingua:
heterosexualismo
— Discrimination in favor of heterosexuals
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Interlingua:
heterosexismo
— Discrimination in favor of heterosexuals
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Irish:
heitrighnéasachas
— Discrimination in favor of heterosexuals
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Italian:
eterosessismo
— Discrimination in favor of heterosexuals
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Latvian:
heteroseksisms
— Discrimination in favor of heterosexuals
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Lithuanian:
heteroseksizmas
— Discrimination in favor of heterosexuals
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Lithuanian:
heterocentrizmas
— Discrimination in favor of heterosexuals
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Macedonian:
хетеросекси́зам
(heteroseksízam)
— Discrimination in favor of heterosexuals
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Maltese:
eterosessiżmu
— Discrimination in favor of heterosexuals
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Polish:
heteroseksizm
— Discrimination in favor of heterosexuals
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Portuguese:
heterossexismo
— Discrimination in favor of heterosexuals
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Romanian:
heterosexism
— Discrimination in favor of heterosexuals
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Russian:
гетеросекси́зм
(getɛrosɛksízm)
— Discrimination in favor of heterosexuals
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Serbo-Croatian:
heteroseksizam
— Discrimination in favor of heterosexuals
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Slovak:
heterosexizmus
— Discrimination in favor of heterosexuals
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Slovene:
heteroseksizem
— Discrimination in favor of heterosexuals
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Spanish:
heterosexismo
— Discrimination in favor of heterosexuals
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Swedish:
heterosexism
— Discrimination in favor of heterosexuals