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heterosexual

[het-er-uh-sek-shoo-uhl, -seks-yoo-] / ˌhɛt ər əˈsɛk ʃu əl, -ˈsɛks ju- /
ADJECTIVE
attracted to opposite sex
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For much of the 20th Century, heterosexual dating followed a script that would have felt familiar to the characters in Pride and Prejudice.

From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026

Classic romantic comedies might have convinced many viewers that these kinds of problems are relegated specifically to heterosexual culture.

From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026

In part, this archetype, as Fiedler dubs it, reflects our literature’s recurrent failure to deal honestly with adult heterosexual love and its attendant responsibilities.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026

“Incels” is a term that generally refers to extremely online heterosexual men whose “involuntary celibacy” has shaped their attitudes toward women and other worldviews.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2026

The women of Raskova’s regiments, with Soviet society reinforcing their heterosexual standards, felt that marriage was acceptable; but affairs were not.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

The U-M analysis revealed that male heterosexuals who carry the genetic variants associated with bisexual behavior, which are known as BSB-associated alleles, father more children than average.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 3, 2024

Last year the number of heterosexuals newly-diagnosed with HIV was higher than in gay and bisexual men in Scotland for the first time in 15 years, according to data from Public Health Scotland.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2023

While 69% of heterosexuals described their physical health as “good” or “excellent,” only half of their non-straight peers said the same.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 29, 2023

“Every night he introduced me with shining words to these walls of heterosexuals all over the world,” Anohni intoned, as a drummer in the park bashed away in the distance.

From New York Times ● Jun. 27, 2023

“A lot of queer stories are told in a way that are designed to make heterosexuals comfortable,” Newson says.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2022


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