heterosexuality

  • 101heterosexism — A diverse set of social practices from the linguistic to the physical, in the public sphere and the private sphere, covert and overt in an array of social arenas (including work, school, church), in which the binary distinction of homosexual… …

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  • 102heterosexual — [[t]he̱təroʊse̱kʃuəl[/t]] heterosexuals 1) ADJ: usu ADJ n A heterosexual relationship is a sexual relationship between a man and a woman. 2) ADJ Someone who is heterosexual is sexually attracted to people of the opposite sex. Derived words:… …

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  • 103heterosexualism — noun a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the opposite sex • Syn: ↑heterosexuality, ↑straightness • Derivationally related forms: ↑straight (for: ↑straightness), ↑heterosexual ( …

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  • 104straightness — noun 1. (of hair) lack of a tendency to curl • Ant: ↑curliness • Derivationally related forms: ↑straight • Hypernyms: ↑curvature, ↑curve 2. freedom from crooks or curves or bends or angles …

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  • 105heterosex — ˌ noun Etymology: by shortening : heterosexuality * * * /het euhr euh seks /, n. Informal. heterosexuality. [HETERO + SEX, on the model of HETEROSEXUAL] …

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  • 106heterosexual — I. adjective Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary Date: 1892 1. a. of, relating to, or characterized by a tendency to direct sexual desire toward the opposite sex b. of, relating to, or involving sexual intercourse between individuals… …

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  • 107Allen Ginsberg — Infobox Writer name = Allen Ginsberg caption = Allen Ginsberg in 1978 birthname = Irwin Allen Ginsberg birthdate = birth date|1926|6|3|mf=y birthplace = Newark, New Jersey, United States deathdate = death date and age|1997|4|5|1926|6|3|mf=y… …

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  • 108Cross-dressing — The American photographer and photojournalist Frances Benjamin Johnston (right) cross dressing in a portrait with two friends …

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  • 109Elvis Presley — For other uses, see Elvis (disambiguation) and Elvis Presley (disambiguation). Elvis Presley …

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  • 110Erik Satie — Alfred Éric Leslie Satie (Honfleur, 17 May 1866 – Paris, 1 July 1925) was a French composer and pianist. Starting with his first composition in 1884, he signed his name as Erik Satie.Satie was introduced as a gymnopedist in 1887, shortly before… …

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