heterogender

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adjective

Involving people with different genders.

Opposite
Scrabble 17

Meanings

adjectiveheterogender (not comparable)
  1. not comparableInvolving people with different genders.

    Same-sex heterogender relationships are more openly acknowledged in Bugis society than same-sex homogender relationships.

    2007, Sharyn Graham Davies, Challenging Gender Norms: Five Genders Among Bugis in Indonesia, Thomson Wadsworth, →ISBN, page 26
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    It was in the subtle sociolinguistic cues and gestures associated with Labrang Tibetan femininity I gradually took on in encounters, such as the way I came to talk and think about my "husband"–feeling extremely uncomfortable with public displays of heterogender affection, yet learning to participate in and expect the micropractices of bodily touch signifying homogender affection.

    2007, Charlene E. Makley, The Violence of Liberation: Gender and Tibetan Buddhist Revival in Post-Mao China, University of California Press, →ISBN, page 19

    It is also quite likely, given the hegemonic status of marriage in Malay culture and throughout the entire Southeast Asian region both historically and at present, that most sexual relations between Malays at this time occurred in the context of marriage, which was invariably heterogender although not necessarily heterosexual.

    2009, Michael G. Peletz, Gender Pluralism: Southeast Asia Since Early Modern Times, Routledge, →ISBN, page 62

Synonyms & antonyms

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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