Heteroromanticism

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Noun
  1. 1
    The state of being heteroromantic, i.e. romantically attracted to the opposite gender. uncountable

    "Heteronormativity describes the tendencies to assume a gender binary, the alignment of gender with sex, and the expectation of heterosexuality and heteroromanticism."

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"Heteronormativity describes the tendencies to assume a gender binary, the alignment of gender with sex, and the expectation of heterosexuality and heteroromanticism."

Etymology

From heteroromantic + -ism.

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