heterosexuality

What does heterosexuality mean?

heterosexuality means "a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the opposite sex".

How many syllables are in heterosexuality?

heterosexuality has 8 syllables: het-e-ro-sex-u-al-i-ty. The stress falls on "al". In IPA it is /ˌhɛtɚoʊsɛkʃəˈwælɪti/.

What is another word for heterosexuality?

Close synonyms include heterosexualism, straightness. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is heterosexuality a common word?

heterosexuality is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for heterosexuality come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.