binormative

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UK/baɪˈnɔː.mə.tɪv/US/baɪˈnɔɹ.mə.tɪv/

adjective

Of, pertaining to or exhibiting binormativity.

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Meanings

adjective
  1. Of, pertaining to or exhibiting binormativity.

    By doing so, it is pushing bisexuals to comply with bi assimilationist ideology and binormative behavior. For example, in a thread on an American bi mailing list concerning the campaign's press release, I noted that I, as a bi activist, did not feel […]

    2013, Shiri Eisner, Bi: Notes for a Bisexual Revolution, Seal Press, →ISBN, page 309
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    Walker represents a character who calls into question the typical modes of identifying human beings: the distinctions between individuals and groups, unity of self and fragmentation of the self, univocality and polyvocality, […] consistency and relativity, White/Black and gay/straight. Most important for our extended discussion of binormative representations, Walker's novel serves as an example of how a virtual oversignification of a single body (one character) effects a short circuit in the machinery of monosexual epistemologies[…]

    2013, Dawn Atkins, Bisexual Women in the Twenty-First Century, Routledge, →ISBN, page 64
  2. Pertaining to, adhering to or enforcing two norms.
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    page 262: Such an analysis characterizes a binormative analysis, for states are either normative or non-normative. For the moment, it is easier to discuss the notion of prohibition rather than our target notion of obligation. page 271: This is where a polynormative analysis is better than a binormative analysis, for violations can be fine-grained and support subtle implications.

    2004, Alessio Lomuscio, Donald Nute, Deontic Logic in Computer Science: 7th International Workshop on Deontic Logic in Computer Science, DEON 2004, Madeira, Portugal, May 26-28, 2004. Proceedings, Springer, →ISBN

Origin

From bi- + normative.

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APA

binormative. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/binormative

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“binormative.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/binormative. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “binormative,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/binormative.

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