Heteronormalize

//ˌhɛtəɹəʊˈnɔːməlaɪz// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To alter so as to be consistent with heteronormativity; render heteronormative. transitive

    "As dismayed as I am with Jenks’s editing, it is not, of course, fair to say that he completely heteronormalized Hemingway’s text[.]"

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"As dismayed as I am with Jenks’s editing, it is not, of course, fair to say that he completely heteronormalized Hemingway’s text[.]"

Etymology

From hetero- + normalize, on the pattern of heteronormative and heteronormativity.

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