Dictionary

heterosexism en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌhɛ.tə.ɹəʊˈsɛk.sɪ.zəm/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From heterosex(ual) + -ism; modelled on sexism.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The assumption made when relating to others that everyone is heterosexual.
   • One of the driving forces behind slash and femslash is the pervading heterosexism of commercial media – if television will not give us the due proportion of same-sex eroticism we are entitled to expect, then we will make it for ourselves. 2010, Stacey Abbott, The Cult TV Book, page 245:
2. (countable, uncountable) Discrimination or prejudice in favor of heterosexuals.

Forms

Relateds

heterosexist · heteronormative

Translations (33)

ru гетеросекси́зм (Discrimination in favor of heterosexuals) · mt eterosessiżmu (Discrimination in favor of heterosexuals) · lv heteroseksisms (Discrimination in favor of heterosexuals) · da heterosexisme (Discrimination in favor of heterosexuals) · sq heteroseksizëm (Discrimination in favor of heterosexuals) · eo aliseksemismo (Discrimination in favor of heterosexuals) · ga heitrighnéasachas (Discrimination in favor of heterosexuals) · it eterosessismo (Discrimination in favor of heterosexuals) · nl heteroseksisme (Discrimination in favor of heterosexuals) · es heterosexismo (Discrimination in favor of heterosexuals) · mk хетеросекси́зам (Discrimination in favor of heterosexuals) · he הטרוסקסיזם (Discrimination in favor of heterosexuals) · hu heteroszexizmus (Discrimination in favor of heterosexuals) · gl heterosexismo (Discrimination in favor of heterosexuals) · ia heterosexualismo (Discrimination in favor of heterosexuals) · pt heterossexismo (Discrimination in favor of heterosexuals) · el ετεροσεξισμός (Discrimination in favor of heterosexuals) · pl heteroseksizm (Discrimination in favor of heterosexuals) · sl heteroseksizem (Discrimination in favor of heterosexuals) · lt heterocentrizmas (Discrimination in favor of heterosexuals) · ia heterosexismo (Discrimination in favor of heterosexuals) · cs heterosexismus (Discrimination in favor of heterosexuals) · lt heteroseksizmas (Discrimination in favor of heterosexuals) · bg хетеросексизъм (Discrimination in favor of heterosexuals) · sh heteroseksizam (Discrimination in favor of heterosexuals) · et heteroseksism (Discrimination in favor of heterosexuals) · fi hetero-oletus (Discrimination in favor of heterosexuals) · de Heterosexismus (Discrimination in favor of heterosexuals) · ca heterosexisme (Discrimination in favor of heterosexuals) · sv heterosexism (Discrimination in favor of heterosexuals) · ro heterosexism (Discrimination in favor of heterosexuals) · sk heterosexizmus (Discrimination in favor of heterosexuals) · fr hétérosexisme (Discrimination in favor of heterosexuals)