ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Mononormative

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Mononormative is an adjective meaning Of or pertaining to the practices and institutions that privilege or value monosexual and monogamous relationships as fundamental and "natural" within society.

Meaning

Of or pertaining to the practices and institutions that privilege or value monosexual and monogamous relationships as fundamental and "natural" within society.

Example Sentences

Underpinning New Labour's mononormative family policy was the assumption that long-term coupled relationships provided the most stable environment in which to bring up children.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include amatonormative, heteronormal, masculocentric, cisheteronormative, monodogmatic, antinormative.

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