heteronormative
adjective
het·ero·nor·ma·tive
ˌhē-tə-rō-ˈnȯr-mə-tiv 
: of, relating to, or based on the attitude that heterosexuality is the only normal and natural expression of sexuality
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Her work includes offering critical indigenous insight into the yoga stories and histories that have been obscured by Brahminism, heteronormative patriarchy, and colonization.
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Tamika Caston-Miller, Outside Online, 26 Feb. 2025
And yet, despite two decades of anxiety about being of a certain age, Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy finds our shambolic protagonist having achieved her heteronormative happily-ever-after.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 12 Feb. 2025
There’s nothing like a mortgage and heteronormative domesticity to kill a romance, or so goes the thesis of Timothy Janovsky’s latest novel.
—Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Vulture, 10 Dec. 2024
Some toxic relational patterns spotlighted within this trend aim to expose and dismantle the societal structures that women, unfortunately, experience in heteronormative relationships, with the hopes of challenging these hurtful norms to create equity and respectful relationships.
—Dominique Fluker, Essence, 3 Dec. 2024
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Tamika Caston-Miller, Outside Online, 26 Feb. 2025
And yet, despite two decades of anxiety about being of a certain age, Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy finds our shambolic protagonist having achieved her heteronormative happily-ever-after.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 12 Feb. 2025
There’s nothing like a mortgage and heteronormative domesticity to kill a romance, or so goes the thesis of Timothy Janovsky’s latest novel.
—Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Vulture, 10 Dec. 2024
Some toxic relational patterns spotlighted within this trend aim to expose and dismantle the societal structures that women, unfortunately, experience in heteronormative relationships, with the hopes of challenging these hurtful norms to create equity and respectful relationships.
—Dominique Fluker, Essence, 3 Dec. 2024
See All Example Sentences for heteronormative
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“Heteronormative.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heteronormative. Accessed 10 Mar. 2025.
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