Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
adjective
- of, relating to, or exhibiting heterosexuality.
- Biology. pertaining to the opposite sex or to both sexes.
noun
- a heterosexual person.
noun
- a person who is sexually attracted to the opposite sex
adjective
- of or relating to heterosexuality
1892, in C.G. Craddock’s translation of Krafft-Ebbing’s “Psychopathia Sexualis,” a hybrid; see hetero- + sexual. The noun is recorded from 1920, but not in common use until 1960s. Colloquial shortening hetero is attested from 1933.
adj.
- Sexually oriented to persons of the opposite sex.
n.
- A heterosexual person.