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Heterosexual
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Meaning
Adj
●
Sexually
attracted
to members of the
opposite
sex.
●
In Medicine:
Having a
sex
ual
desire
for the
opposite sex
seen as
unhealthy
, including a
proclivity
for
nonreproductive
sex
.
Noun
●
A
heterosexual person
, or other
heterosexual
organism.
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Origin
heterosexual
English
hetero-
English
ἕτερος
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
sexual
English
sexualis
Latin
Sourced from
Etym
Synonyms
Straight
Hetero
Other-Sex
Heterosexual
Breeder
Antonyms
Homosexual
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