Metronormative
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Of or pertaining to the ideals and narratives that assert that all Queer people live more prosperous lives in urban cities over rural places.
"Metronormative narratives treat rural regions as a spatial closet out of which LGBTQ+ people must emerge by moving to the city and realizing “the full expression of the sexual self.""
Example
More examples"Metronormative narratives treat rural regions as a spatial closet out of which LGBTQ+ people must emerge by moving to the city and realizing “the full expression of the sexual self.""
Etymology
From metro- + normative.
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