pseudoheterosexual

adjective

Something which appears to be heterosexual but is in fact homosexual in nature.

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Meanings

adjectivepseudoheterosexual (comparative more pseudoheterosexual, superlative most pseudoheterosexual)

comparative more pseudoheterosexual · superlative most pseudoheterosexual

  1. Something which appears to be heterosexual but is in fact homosexual in nature.

    Teenagers are sexually active only in a "pseudoheterosexual way."

    1979, Medical Aspects of Human Sexuality
    1 more example

    Squidward twice has pseudoheterosexual moments. Once, he delightedly exclaims, "I've got a date with a lovely lady tonight, and her name is clarinet!"

    2004, Heather Hendershot, editor, Nickelodeon Nation, pages 202–203

Origin

From pseudo- + heterosexual.

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APA

pseudoheterosexual. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pseudoheterosexual

MLA

“pseudoheterosexual.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pseudoheterosexual. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pseudoheterosexual,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pseudoheterosexual.

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