ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Heteronormalize

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ˌhɛtəɹəʊˈnɔːməlaɪz/ · Part of speech verb

Quick meaning: Heteronormalize is a verb meaning (transitive) To alter so as to be consistent with heteronormativity; render heteronormative.

Meaning

(transitive) To alter so as to be consistent with heteronormativity; render heteronormative.

Example Sentences

In other words, he ontologizes the symbolic and heteronormalizes us.
Heterosocial European cultural practices, in other words, heteronormalized Iranian men’s sensibilities.
As dismayed as I am with Jenks’s editing, it is not, of course, fair to say that he completely heteronormalized Hemingway’s text[.]
That modernist efforts to heteronormalize Iranian society have not focused on the production of the homosexual as a type has had significant repercussions on yet another level.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include heterosex, heterogenise, heterogenize, rehomogenize, rehomogenise, renormalise.

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