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