heterosexism

English

Etymology

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

Noun

heterosexism (countable and uncountable, plural heterosexisms)

1. The assumption made when relating to others that everyone is heterosexual.
   • 2010, Stacey Abbott, The Cult TV Book, page 245:

     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.

2. Discrimination or prejudice in favor of heterosexuals.

Related terms

• heterosexist
• heteronormative

Translations

Discrimination in favor of heterosexuals

• Catalan: heterosexisme
• Danish: heterosexisme c
• Dutch: heteroseksisme (nl) n
• Esperanto: aliseksemismo (eo)
• French: hétérosexisme (fr) m
• Galician: heterosexismo
• German: Heterosexismus m
• Greek: ετεροσεξισμός (eterosexismós)
• Hebrew: הטרוסקסיזם (he) (heteroseksizm)
• Interlingua: heterosexualismo, heterosexismo
• Lithuanian: heteroseksizmas (lt), heterocentrizmas
• Macedonian: хетеросекси́зам m (heteroseksízam)
• Polish: heteroseksizm m
• Portuguese: heterossexismo (pt)
• Russian: гетеросекси́зм m (getɛrosɛksízm)
• Spanish: heterosexismo (es) m