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Definition of Heterosexual
1. Noun. A heterosexual person; someone having a sexual orientation to persons of the opposite sex.
Generic synonyms: Individual, Mortal, Person, Somebody, Someone, Soul
Specialized synonyms: Fucker
Derivative terms: Straight
2. Adjective. Sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex.
Similar to: Straight
Antonyms: Bisexual, Homosexual
Derivative terms: Heterosexuality
Definition of Heterosexual
1. Adjective. Sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex. ¹
2. Noun. A heterosexual person, or other heterosexual organism. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Heterosexual
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Heterosexual
1. A person sexually attracted to persons of the opposite sex. The word straight has become synonymous with heterosexual. Heterosexual can also be an adjective. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Heterosexual
Literary usage of Heterosexual
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Unsound Mind and the Law: A Presentation of Forensic Psychiatry by George W. Jacoby (1918)
"A. heterosexual ANOMALIES In the heterosexual anomalies it is true the inclination
is toward the opposite sex, but at the same time it is markedly modified ..."
2. Medicolegal Aspects of Moral Offenses by Léon Henri Thoinot, Arthur Wisswald Weysse (1911)
"Fetichism is confined to the male and there is a heterosexual fetichism and a
homosexual fetichism. General characteristics of fetichism. ..."
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