Heteronormatively

adv

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Definitions

Adverb
  1. 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

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"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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