Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Sexual orientation to persons of the opposite sex.
- noun Sexual activity with another of the opposite sex.
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- noun The state of being emotionally or sexually attracted to persons of the opposite sex.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the opposite sex
Etymologies
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Examples
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I trust (for my wife's sake!) that I am not quite the ladies 'man that Sherard turned out to be -- but Sherard's heterosexuality is important to the story.
Gyles Brandreth Answers Questions about the Oscar Wilde Mysteries 2010
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And third, the best way to help insure that people continue to “view” homosexuality differently from heterosexuality is to continue to treat them differently in the courts.
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They may have some biased advocates for them like me – and some biased members who have a religious perspective, like Christian and other religious psychs — but they are mainly psychs of any or no religion who say RESEARCH shows gays can find satisfaction in heterosexuality, in effect, becoming straight.
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Some of his best stories are "Night Ride" and "Black Country" both about the jazz world, "The Crooked Man" a dystopia where heterosexuality is outlawed (and amazingly, published in Playboy), "Miss Gentilbelle" about a monstrous mother, purportedly based on his own.
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Sandhiller says: heterosexuality is politically correctness gone amuck
Think Progress » Cuccinelli: Homosexual ‘acts’ are a ‘detriment to our culture.’ 2010
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They may have some biased advocates for them like me – and some biased members who have a religious perspective, like Christian and other religious psychs — but they are mainly psychs of any or no religion who say RESEARCH shows gays can find satisfaction in heterosexuality, in effect, becoming straight.
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Because heterosexuality is (equally?) certainly apt to produce “powerful friendships” or “passionate love” in subjects — and even a “great idea” or two now and then ...
The Volokh Conspiracy » Add Bad Ethics to the Problems of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”? 2010
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Are you saying that heterosexuality is a choice or that acting on it is a choice?
The Volokh Conspiracy » Add Bad Ethics to the Problems of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”? 2010
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Rob Berra: they are mainly psychs of any or no religion who say RESEARCH shows gays can find satisfaction in heterosexuality, in effect, becoming straight.
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Straight Characters 'heterosexuality is pointed to and expressed ALL the damn time: Peter Parker and Mary Jane Watson, Nightwing and Oracle, Hal Jordan's horn-dog exploits, John Constantine (nuff' said), The Flash, etc.
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August 5, 2008