Pseudoheterosexuality
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Behaviour which appears to be heterosexual but is really homosexual. uncountable
"Homosexuality is one of the possible consequences of failing to work out these negative oedipal feelings. Another is pseudoheterosexuality. A man, for instance, might choose a wife (and she needn't look or act "masculine") because she has certain qualities which make her, for him, a stand-in for a male lover."
Example
More examples"Homosexuality is one of the possible consequences of failing to work out these negative oedipal feelings. Another is pseudoheterosexuality. A man, for instance, might choose a wife (and she needn't look or act "masculine") because she has certain qualities which make her, for him, a stand-in for a male lover."
Etymology
From pseudo- + heterosexuality.
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