"heteronormative" meaning in English

See heteronormative in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more heteronormative [comparative], most heteronormative [superlative]
Etymology: From hetero- + normative. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|hetero|normative}} hetero- + normative Head templates: {{en-adj}} heteronormative (comparative more heteronormative, superlative most heteronormative)
  1. Of or pertaining to the practices and institutions that privilege or value heterosexuality, heterosexual relationships, and traditional gender roles as fundamental and "natural" within society. Categories (topical): Forms of discrimination Derived forms: heteronormativity Related terms: homonormativity (english: see there for more) Coordinate_terms: cisheteronormative, cisnormative Translations (Translations): heteronormatiu (Catalan), heteronormativ (Danish), heteronormatiivinen (Finnish), hétéronormatif [masculine] (French), hétéronormative [feminine] (French), heteronormativo [masculine] (Galician), heteronormativa [feminine] (Galician), heteronormativ (German), heitreanormatach (Irish), heteronormatif (Malay), heteronormativo [masculine] (Portuguese), heteronormativa [feminine] (Portuguese), heteronormativ [masculine] (Romanian), гетеронормативный (geteronormativnyj) [masculine] (Russian), heteronormativo (Spanish), heteronormativ (Swedish)
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