What does heterosexual mean?

Definitions for heterosexual
ˌhɛt ər əˈsɛk ʃu əlhet·ero·sex·u·al

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. heterosexual, heterosexual person, straight person, straightadjective

    a heterosexual person; someone having a sexual orientation to persons of the opposite sex

  2. heterosexualadjective

    sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex

Wiktionary

  1. heterosexualnoun

    A heterosexual person, or other heterosexual organism.

  2. heterosexualadjective

    Sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex.

ChatGPT

  1. heterosexual

    Heterosexual refers to an individual who is attracted emotionally, romantically, or sexually to individuals of the opposite sex or gender.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of heterosexual in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of heterosexual in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of heterosexual in a Sentence

  1. Daunte Wright:

    The common thread is [an] understanding of all social, economicand political relations as a contestation for power between a class of oppressors (i.a., rich, White, heterosexual, male) and a class of oppressed.

  2. Sophia Nelson/Abigail Honeycutt Screenshot/Sophia Nelson:

    I do not regret pointing out that I do not think there should be heterosexual characters, LGBTQ characters, Christian characters or any kind of characters in a kid's comic book about anything to do with anything other than children being children … and having superheroes.

  3. Bruce Jenner:

    I am not gay, i am, as far as I know, heterosexual. I've always been with a woman, raising kids.

  4. Mark Ronson:

    It sounds like I went on a TV show to be like, Guys, I have some big news ! And the fact that I would go on and sort of declare Mark Ronson like as a heterosexual white male part of any marginalized community was terrifying to me, or just embarrassing.

  5. Danielle Lindemann:

    The fact that, historically, the show has mostly featured White, conventionally hot, middle class, heterosexual people linking up with other people who are' like them' in those respect reflects broader dating trends but also broader inequalities in the United States.

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