Heterosexism

Definition: Heterosexism

Heterosexism

Noun

1. Discrimination in favor of heterosexual and against homosexual people.

Specialty Definitions: Heterosexism

Domain	Definitions
Diversity	Social structures and practices which serve to elevate and enforce heterosexuality while subordinating or suppressing other forms of sexuality. (references)
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Specialty Definition: Heterosexism

Heterosexism is the assumption that everyone or a particular person is heterosexual. It can be distinguished from homophobia in that it doesn't necessarily imply hostility towards other sexual orientations, merely a failure to account for their existence.

Commercial Usage: Heterosexism

Domain	Title
Books	A Certain Terror: Heterosexism, Militarism, Violence and Change (reference) Addressing Homophobia and Heterosexism on College Campuses (reference) Health Care for Lesbians and Gay Men: Confronting Homophobia and Heterosexism (reference) Homophobia, Heterosexism, and AIDS: Creating a More Effective Response to AIDS (reference) Noah & the Ark: The Influence of Sex, Homophobia & Heterosexism in the Flood Story and Its Writing (reference) (more book examples)
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Usage Frequency: Heterosexism

"Heterosexism" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Heterosexism" is used about 46 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Heterosexism

Anagrams: Heterosexism

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "e-e-e-h-i-m-o-r-s-s-t-x"
	-2 letters: threesomes.
	-3 letters: erethisms, heteroses, heterosis, homesites, isotheres, isotherms, shoetrees, theorises, thermoses, threesome.
	-4 letters: eremites, erethism, erotisms, ethoxies, exotisms, extremes, heisters, heresies, heroisms, hexereis, hoisters, homesite, horsiest, isothere, isotherm, meshiest, missteer, mortises, semester, sheerest, sheeters, shoetree, shorties, smithers, smothers, somerset, theorems, theories, theorise, tiresome, trisemes, trisomes.
	-5 letters: eeriest, emeries, emoters, eremite, erotism, esteems, ethoses, exhorts.
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