heteronormatively

adverb

In a heteronormative manner or context.

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Meanings

adverbheteronormatively (comparative more heteronormatively, superlative most heteronormatively)

comparative more heteronormatively · superlative most heteronormatively

  1. In a heteronormative manner or context.

    Mature adults are heteronormatively gendered. One of the key things a child must grow up into is a man or a woman, so to be a mature adult means to identify unambiguously as one or the other […]

    2009, Eric L. Tribunella, Melancholia and Maturation, page xxii

Origin

From heteronormative + -ly.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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