"straight-acting" meaning in All languages combined

See straight-acting on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Forms: more straight-acting [comparative], most straight-acting [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} straight-acting (comparative more straight-acting, superlative most straight-acting)
  1. (of a gay or bisexual man (or, rarely, of a lesbian), potentially offensive) Having the appearance, mannerisms, etc., of a stereotypical heterosexual of the same gender rather than those stereotypically associated with gay men or lesbians. Categories (topical): LGBTQ
    Sense id: en-straight-acting-en-adj-hIZtqBE9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Alternative forms

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more straight-acting",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most straight-acting",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "straight-acting (comparative more straight-acting, superlative most straight-acting)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "LGBTQ",
          "orig": "en:LGBTQ",
          "parents": [
            "Sexuality",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Sex",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Reproduction",
            "Fundamental",
            "Life",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Having the appearance, mannerisms, etc., of a stereotypical heterosexual of the same gender rather than those stereotypically associated with gay men or lesbians."
      ],
      "id": "en-straight-acting-en-adj-hIZtqBE9",
      "links": [
        [
          "gay",
          "gay"
        ],
        [
          "bisexual",
          "bisexual"
        ],
        [
          "lesbian",
          "lesbian"
        ],
        [
          "appearance",
          "appearance"
        ],
        [
          "mannerism",
          "mannerism"
        ],
        [
          "stereotypical",
          "stereotypical"
        ],
        [
          "heterosexual",
          "heterosexual"
        ],
        [
          "gender",
          "gender"
        ],
        [
          "stereotypically",
          "stereotypically"
        ],
        [
          "associated",
          "associated"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "potentially offensive",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of a gay or bisexual man (or, rarely, of a lesbian), potentially offensive) Having the appearance, mannerisms, etc., of a stereotypical heterosexual of the same gender rather than those stereotypically associated with gay men or lesbians."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of a gay or bisexual man (or, rarely, of a lesbian)"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "straight-acting"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more straight-acting",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most straight-acting",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "straight-acting (comparative more straight-acting, superlative most straight-acting)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English adjectives",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English offensive terms",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "en:LGBTQ"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Having the appearance, mannerisms, etc., of a stereotypical heterosexual of the same gender rather than those stereotypically associated with gay men or lesbians."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "gay",
          "gay"
        ],
        [
          "bisexual",
          "bisexual"
        ],
        [
          "lesbian",
          "lesbian"
        ],
        [
          "appearance",
          "appearance"
        ],
        [
          "mannerism",
          "mannerism"
        ],
        [
          "stereotypical",
          "stereotypical"
        ],
        [
          "heterosexual",
          "heterosexual"
        ],
        [
          "gender",
          "gender"
        ],
        [
          "stereotypically",
          "stereotypically"
        ],
        [
          "associated",
          "associated"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "potentially offensive",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of a gay or bisexual man (or, rarely, of a lesbian), potentially offensive) Having the appearance, mannerisms, etc., of a stereotypical heterosexual of the same gender rather than those stereotypically associated with gay men or lesbians."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of a gay or bisexual man (or, rarely, of a lesbian)"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "straight-acting"
}

Download raw JSONL data for straight-acting meaning in All languages combined (1.4kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-11-21 using wiktextract (94ba7e1 and 5dea2a6). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.