"straightness" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: straightnesses [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English streightnes, equivalent to straight + -ness. Cognate with Scots strauchtness, straichtness (“straightness”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|streightnes}} Middle English streightnes, {{suffix|en|straight|ness}} straight + -ness, {{cog|sco|strauchtness}} Scots strauchtness, {{m|sco|straichtness|t=straightness}} straichtness (“straightness”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} straightness (countable and uncountable, plural straightnesses)
  1. (countable) The result or product of being straight. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-straightness-en-noun-Bzpn8qw-
  2. (uncountable) The state or quality of being straight (especially in the sense of "heterosexual"). Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-straightness-en-noun-YQI4Yl58 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ness Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 69 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ness: 18 82
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: heterosexuality

Inflected forms

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