Straighthood
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The state or condition of being straight (morally, sexually, etc.) uncountable
"Being with Paul was an interim solution. In effect, he and I seceded from straighthood together. Our relationship turned on a new kind of bisexual plot, its tension imparted by the lively possibility that one of us might leave the other for a gender."
Example
More examples"Being with Paul was an interim solution. In effect, he and I seceded from straighthood together. Our relationship turned on a new kind of bisexual plot, its tension imparted by the lively possibility that one of us might leave the other for a gender."
Etymology
From straight + -hood.
More for "straighthood"
Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.