"heterosexism" meaning in English

See heterosexism in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: heterosexisms [plural]
Etymology: From heterosex(ual) + -ism; modelled on sexism. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en||ism}} + -ism Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} heterosexism (countable and uncountable, plural heterosexisms)
  1. The assumption made when relating to others that everyone is heterosexual. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-heterosexism-en-noun-M9~LlHfL
  2. Discrimination or prejudice in favor of heterosexuals. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Forms of discrimination Translations (Discrimination in favor of heterosexuals): heterosexisme (Catalan), heterosexisme [common-gender] (Danish), heteroseksisme [neuter] (Dutch), aliseksemismo (Esperanto), hétérosexisme [masculine] (French), heterosexismo (Galician), Heterosexismus [masculine] (German), ετεροσεξισμός (eterosexismós) (Greek), הטרוסקסיזם (heteroseksizm) (Hebrew), heterosexualismo (Interlingua), heterosexismo (Interlingua), heteroseksizmas (Lithuanian), heterocentrizmas (Lithuanian), хетеросекси́зам (heteroseksízam) [masculine] (Macedonian), heteroseksizm [masculine] (Polish), heterossexismo (Portuguese), гетеросекси́зм (getɛrosɛksízm) [masculine] (Russian), heterosexismo [masculine] (Spanish)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: heterosexist, heteronormative

Inflected forms

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