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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
Synonyms
STRONGEST
Antonyms
STRONGEST
achillean bisexual gay homosexual lesbian queer sapphic


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That meant LGBTQ+ and single people who historically had been shut out by definitions of infertility as a failure to conceive after six to 12 months of unprotected heterosexual intercourse.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

Must we really dwell, ladies, on the downsides of heterosexual dating, marriage, childbearing, and domestic labor as though they are issues of life and death?

From Salon ● Jun. 3, 2026

But cases in heterosexual women rose by 5%.

From BBC ● Jun. 2, 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

And anyway, terms like homosexual or heterosexual made no sense if you didn’t identify as one gender or another.

From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater

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

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

I want heterosexuals to love the book too, but I’m not changing the depiction of this world to meet their sensibilities.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2022

Prince Harry's comments come as figures show that for the first time in a decade, the number of new HIV diagnoses among heterosexuals is higher than for gay and bisexual men in England.

From BBC ● Feb. 10, 2022


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