"heterosexuality" meaning in English

See heterosexuality in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-heterosexuality.wav Forms: heterosexualities [plural]
Etymology: From heterosexual + -ity or hetero- + sexuality. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|heterosexual|ity}} heterosexual + -ity, {{prefix|en|hetero|sexuality}} hetero- + sexuality Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} heterosexuality (usually uncountable, plural heterosexualities)
  1. The state of being sexually and romantically attracted primarily or exclusively to persons of the opposite sex. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Sexual orientations
    Sense id: en-heterosexuality-en-noun-iweby-2Y Disambiguation of Sexual orientations: 70 30 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with hetero-, English terms suffixed with -ity, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Afrikaans translations, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Kazakh translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Northern Sami translations, Terms with Occitan translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tajik translations, Terms with Tamil translations, Terms with Thai translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Yiddish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 91 9 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with hetero-: 77 23 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ity: 94 6 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 97 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 93 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 97 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Afrikaans translations: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Azerbaijani translations: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 58 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 96 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 96 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 71 29 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 93 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Hindi translations: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 68 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 97 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 96 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Kazakh translations: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Northern Sami translations: 99 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Occitan translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 72 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 93 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 96 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 97 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Tajik translations: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Tamil translations: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Thai translations: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Yiddish translations: 87 13
  2. Sexual activity with a person of the opposite sex. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (heterosexual orientation): heteroseksualiteit (Afrikaans), مُغَايَرَة (muḡāyara) [feminine] (Arabic), هيتيروسكسوالية (hītīrūsiksuwāliyya) [feminine] (Arabic), հետերոսեքսուալություն (heterosekʻsualutʻyun) (Armenian), heteroseksuallıq (Azerbaijani), heterosexualitat [feminine] (Catalan), 異性戀 (Chinese Mandarin), 异性恋 (yìxìngliàn) (Chinese Mandarin), heterosexualita [feminine] (Czech), heteroseksualiteit [feminine] (Dutch), aliseksemo (Esperanto), heterous (Finnish), heteroseksuaalisuus (Finnish), hétérosexualité [feminine] (French), heterosexualidade [feminine] (Galician), ჰეტეროსექსუალობა (heṭeroseksualoba) (Georgian), Heterosexualität [feminine] (German), הטרוסקסואליות (heteroseksualiot) [feminine] (Hebrew), विषमलैंगिकता (viṣamlaiṅgiktā) [feminine] (Hindi), heteroszexualitás (Hungarian), heterosexualeso (Ido), eterosessualità [feminine] (Italian), өзгежынысқа құштарлық (özgejynysqa qūştarlyq) (Kazakh), гетеросексуалдылық (geteroseksualdylyq) (Kazakh), гетеросексуалдық (geteroseksualdyq) (Kazakh), хетеросексуа́лност (heteroseksuálnost) [feminine] (Macedonian), heteroseksualitehta (Northern Sami), eterosexualitat [feminine] (Occitan), heterosexualitat [feminine] (Occitan), دگرجنسگرایی (degar-jens-garâyi) (Persian), heteroseksualizm [masculine] (Polish), heterossexualidade [feminine] (Portuguese), heterosexualitate [feminine] (Romanian), гетеросексуа́льность (geteroseksuálʹnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), хетеросексуалност [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), heteroseksualnost [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), heterosexualita (Slovak), heterosexualidad [feminine] (Spanish), heterosexualitet [common-gender] (Swedish), дигарҷинсгароӣ (digarjinsgaroi) (Tajik), எதிர்பாலீர்ப்பு (etirpālīrppu) (Tamil), எதிர்பால்சேர்க்கை (etirpālcērkkai) (Tamil), รักต่างเพศ (rák dàang pêt) (Thai), heteroseksüellik (Turkish), העטראָסעקסואַליטעט (hetroseksualitet) [feminine] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-heterosexuality-en-noun-Xwc1yguB Disambiguation of 'heterosexual orientation': 39 61
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: heteroflexibility
Related terms: compulsory heterosexuality, heterosexual, heterosociality, heteroeroticism, nonheterosexuality, heterogenitality, sexual orientation [sexual-orientations, sexuality, lifestyle], asexual (alt: -ity, ace), bisexual (alt: -ity, bi), demisexual (alt: -ity, demi), graysexual (alt: -ity), heterosexual (alt: -ity, straight), homosexual (alt: -ity, gay, lesbian), omnisexual (alt: -ity), pansexual (alt: -ity, pan), polysexual (alt: -ity), sapiosexual (alt: -ity), androsexual (alt: -ity), gynesexual (alt: -ity)

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "heterosexual orientation",
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      "code": "it",
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      "code": "ro",
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      "sense": "heterosexual orientation",
      "word": "எதிர்பாலீர்ப்பு"
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      "code": "yi",
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