metronormative en · ADJ
Etymology
From metro- + normative.
Meanings
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Of or pertaining to the ideals and narratives that assert that all queer people live more prosperous lives in urban cities over rural places.
Metronormative narratives treat rural regions as a spatial closet out of which LGBTQ+ people must emerge by moving to the city and realizing “the full expression of the sexual self."
2020, Maxwell Cloe, Metronormativity:Metronormative thinking links welcoming, safe, and liberated with the city and dangerous, homophobic, and closeted with the rural.
In plain sight an exploration of gay rights, LGBTQ women, and rural place
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most metronormative | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more metronormative | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |