Orthosexuality
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The orthodox or socially accepted form of sexuality or sexual expression in a particular culture. rare, uncountable
"We have erected, perhaps in place of other erections, entire structures of intelligibility and comprehensibility on and around the pandemic, structures that themselves render AIDS normative and routine: the business of AIDS, constructed and carried on around an impossible object, has become—like genocide, nuclear terror, racism, misogyny, and heteronormativity (or what I would prefer to call orthosexuality)—business as usual."
Example
More examples"We have erected, perhaps in place of other erections, entire structures of intelligibility and comprehensibility on and around the pandemic, structures that themselves render AIDS normative and routine: the business of AIDS, constructed and carried on around an impossible object, has become—like genocide, nuclear terror, racism, misogyny, and heteronormativity (or what I would prefer to call orthosexuality)—business as usual."
Etymology
From ortho- + sexuality.
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