adj
heterosexual
heh-tuh-ruh-SEHK-shoo-uhl
adj
1
Romantically or sexually attracted to people of the opposite sex.
"Most of the characters in the show are heterosexual."
noun
1
A person who is heterosexual.
"The survey asked respondents whether they identified as heterosexual, gay, or bisexual."
How to Use Heterosexual
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishDescribes attraction to the opposite sex; the opposite of homosexual.
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Word Forms
more heterosexual comparative, heterosexuals plural, most heterosexual superlative
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Etymology
Built from the prefix "hetero-" ("different, other") plus "sexual." First recorded in English in 1892, in a translation of Krafft-Ebing's Psychopathia Sexualis.