pseudoheterosexual

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

pseudo- +‎ heterosexual

Adjective[edit]

pseudoheterosexual (comparative more pseudoheterosexual, superlative most pseudoheterosexual)

  1. Something which appears to be heterosexual but is in fact homosexual in nature.
    • 2004, Heather Hendershot, editor, Nickelodeon Nation, pages 202–203:
      Squidward twice has pseudoheterosexual moments. Once, he delightedly exclaims, "I've got a date with a lovely lady tonight, and her name is clarinet!"
    • 1979, Medical Aspects of Human Sexuality:
      Teenagers are sexually active only in a "pseudoheterosexual way."

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