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Heterosexism Moderate

Origin: Greek suffix -ism

Heterosexism has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

discrimination in favor of heterosexual and against homosexual people

2

The assumption made when relating to others that everyone is heterosexual.

See Also
homosexism homophobia lavender heteronormativity heteronormative anti heterosexist heterosexist heterosexual
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
discrimination
Rhyming Words
ism oism jism wuism agism meism prism yoism quism reism weism tuism ovism idism grism deism seism icism zoism owlism
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