heterosexual

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a heterosexual person; someone having a sexual orientation to persons of the opposite sex
  2. adjective sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex

Etymology

From hetero- + -sexual. Earliest citation from 1892, in C.G. Craddock's translation of Krafft-Ebbing's Psychopathia Sexualis.

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Synonyms

heterosexual person, straight person, straight

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