Heteronormatively
adv
adv ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adverb
- 1 In a heteronormative manner or context.
"Mature adults are heteronormatively gendered. One of the key things a child must grow up into is a man or a woman, so to be a mature adult means to identify unambiguously as one or the other […]"
Example
More examples"Mature adults are heteronormatively gendered. One of the key things a child must grow up into is a man or a woman, so to be a mature adult means to identify unambiguously as one or the other […]"
Etymology
From heteronormative + -ly.
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