Homonormativity
//ˌhəʊ.məʊ.nɔː.məˈtɪv.ɪ.ti// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The assumption that sexual and romantic attraction and activity between people of the same sex is normal, either as the only normal, or in a culture which also treats opposite-sex activity as normal (and typically assumes all people are either male or female). countable, uncountable
"Homonormativity is largely a product of tolerance and, as Brown tells us, tolerance, among other things, exists in the social realm to cover over inequitable particularities in the legal sphere."
- 2 The adoption of heterosexist values, beliefs and norms into the gay or queer community. countable, uncountable
"I'm an activist, but in Kelowna I felt like my safety is predicated on silence and white middle-class homonormativity."
Example
More examples"Homonormativity is largely a product of tolerance and, as Brown tells us, tolerance, among other things, exists in the social realm to cover over inequitable particularities in the legal sphere."
Etymology
From homonormative + -ity or homo- + normativity.
More for "homonormativity"
Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.