heteroprejudice

English

Etymology

hetero- + prejudice

Noun

heteroprejudice (uncountable)

  1. Prejudice against heterosexual people.
    • 2002, Bob Barret, ‎Robert L. Barret, ‎Colleen Logan, Counseling Gay Men and Lesbians: A Practice Primer (page 119)
      Recognize and address the effects of externalized and internalized homoprejudice or heteroprejudice and biprejudice.
    • 2014, Matt Englar-Carlson, ‎Marcheta P. Evans, ‎Thelma Duffy, A Counselor's Guide to Working With Men (page 124)
      Counselors who are tuned to recognizing homoprejudice may be surprised to encounter heteroprejudice when working with gay clients.
  2. Prejudice expressed by heterosexual people against other groups.
    • 2001, Daya Singh Sandhu, Faces of Violence
      You can emotionally support survivors by sharing that they are the victims of heteroprejudice and, regardless of whom we are, nobody has a right to violate our property or us.
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