amatonormativity en · NOUN
Etymology
A compound of Latin amātō or amātus and normativity, modeled on heteronormativity and coined by philosophy professor Elizabeth Brake in 2011.
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(neologism, uncountable) The assumption that all human beings pursue love or romance, especially by means of a monogamous long-term relationship.
"I dislike [Valentine's Day] because I'm aromantic and it's very symbolic of the culture of amatonormativity," thesis student Aiden Juge commented.
2020 February 12, Sophia Brown, “Redefining Valentine's Day culture on campus”, in The Catalyst, New College of Florida, page 9:Amatonormativity is oppressive when it privileges members of one form of caring relationship at the expense of noncomformists, whose opportunities are thereby significantly worsened.
2011, Elizabeth Brake, Minimizing Marriage: Marriage, Morality, and the Law, page 98:Casual amatonormativity is routine even in scholarly research.
2017, Carrie Jenkins, What Love Is: And What It Could Be, unnumbered page:
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pl amatonormatywność (societal assumption) · hu amatonormativitás (societal assumption) · et amatonormatiivsus (societal assumption) · pt amatonormatividade (societal assumption) · es amatonormatividad (societal assumption) · ca amatonormativitat (societal assumption) · tr amatonormativite (societal assumption) · fr amatonormativité (societal assumption) · cs amatonormativita (societal assumption)