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straightness

straightness

1 5.6
Being attracted to people of the opposite sex
  • noun
  • /ˈstreɪt.nəs/
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  • It's not like heterosexuals come out and scream their straightness to the world.

Examples

  • Straightness is "normal," but gayness is "overt," and no one thinks about it.

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  • Gayness and straightness are each, in their purest forms, expressions of the two archetypal ways of loving.

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  • Another name for straightness is heterophilia, or love of the other.

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  • Yet straightness is necessarily, because of the statistics, flaunted everywhere!

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  • Straightness is the yang form of loving: the desire to love in outer-directed or other-directed ways, and the actions that spring from that desire.

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  • Many people celebrate their straightness and advocate for LGBTQ+ rights.

  • The movie portrays a variety of relationships, including the characters' straightness.

  • In discussions about love, straightness often reflects a broader spectrum of orientations.

Synonyms

sexuality
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161 4.1

A person's feelings, attractions, and identity about the people they are attracted to

is narrower meaning only attraction to the opposite sex
heterosexuality
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9 4.9

Attraction to people of the opposite sex

is the same meaning but may differ in word form
heterosex
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8.0

Attraction to people of the opposite sex

is the same idea but usually as a shorter label
heterosexualism
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7.6

A sexual attraction to people of the opposite sex

focuses on attraction alone rather than relations or acts

Antonyms

homosexuality
188 4.3

Being attracted to people of the same sex

Surface Forms

straightness singular
straightnesses plural

Morphology

straightness = straight (semi-transparent) = straight + ness

Formed from the adjective 'straight' used to mean 'heterosexual'; this social/identity sense is idiomatic and may not be inferable from the literal sense 'not crooked'.

Etymology

A helpful way to remember straightness meaning 'being attracted to people of the opposite sex' is the modern use of straight to mean 'not gay' or 'following the usual pattern', like a line that does not turn aside. So straightness here means heterosexual attraction.