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heterosexuality

/het-er-uh-sek-shoo-al-i-tee or, especially British, -seks-yoo-/US // ˌhɛt ər əˌsɛk ʃuˈæl ɪ ti or, especially British, -ˌsɛks yu- //UK // (ˌhɛtərəʊˌsɛksjʊˈælɪtɪ) //

异性恋,异性恋者,异性,异性恋者的

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : sexual desire or behavior directed toward a person or persons of the opposite sex.

Examples

  • The bill would remove exclusive words and broaden definitions, such as including more than heterosexuality, homosexuality and bisexuality in sexual orientation.

  • However, women ages 18 to 29 are increasingly rejecting exclusive heterosexuality and describing their sexual orientation in other ways.

  • The shift is more pronounced among women who are moving away from exclusive heterosexuality, and less obvious among women who report they are exclusively heterosexual.

  • As a result, more women under 30 are moving away from exclusive heterosexuality than men in the same age group.

  • Our research indicates that one outcome of more than a century of feminist activism and progress Advertisement may be women’s increasing resistance to compulsory heterosexuality and its consequences.

  • Maybe the wheel will turn again, and heterosexuality will come to seem edgy.

  • They started attending a Mormon support group that encouraged LGBT people to “come back to God” and return to heterosexuality.

  • And the devil of heterosexuality is definitely in the details.

  • Most female pop stars play directly into the “invisible rightness” that surrounds heterosexuality.

  • She overenunciates her heterosexuality, like a mother teaching her daughter how to say “bad boy” for the very first time.

  • On leaving the university his heterosexuality asserted itself normally.