heteroprejudice

English

Etymology

From hetero- +‎ prejudice.

Noun

heteroprejudice (uncountable)

1. Prejudice against heterosexual people.
   • 2002, Bob Barret, Robert L. Barret, Colleen Logan, Counseling Gay Men and Lesbians: A Practice Primer, page 119:

     Recognize and address the effects of externalized and internalized homoprejudice or heteroprejudice and biprejudice.

   • 2014, Matt Englar-Carlson, Marcheta P. Evans, Thelma Duffy, A Counselor's Guide to Working With Men, page 124:

     Counselors who are tuned to recognizing homoprejudice may be surprised to encounter heteroprejudice when working with gay clients.

2. Prejudice expressed by heterosexual people against other groups.
   • 2001, Daya Singh Sandhu, Faces of Violence:

     You can emotionally support survivors by sharing that they are the victims of heteroprejudice and, regardless of whom we are, nobody has a right to violate our property or us.

Related terms

• homoprejudice