mononormative

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adjective

Of or pertaining to the practices and institutions that privilege or value monosexual and monogamous relationships as fundamental and "natural" within society.

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Meanings

adjectivemononormative (comparative more mononormative, superlative most mononormative)

comparative more mononormative · superlative most mononormative

  1. Of or pertaining to the practices and institutions that privilege or value monosexual and monogamous relationships as fundamental and "natural" within society.

    Underpinning New Labour's mononormative family policy was the assumption that long-term coupled relationships provided the most stable environment in which to bring up children.

    2013, Eleanor Wilkinson, “Learning to love again: 'Broken families', citizenship and the state promotion of coupledom”, in Geoforum, volume 49, →DOI, page 208

Origin

21st century. From mono- + normative.

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APA

mononormative. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mononormative

MLA

“mononormative.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mononormative. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mononormative,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mononormative.

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