(いせいあい)

いせいあい
noun
heterosexuality
1. heterosexuality; attraction to the opposite sex
Sexual or romantic attraction to people of the opposite sex. Used in academic, medical, and social discourse about sexual orientation.
異性愛(いせいあい)性的指向(せいてきしこう)(ひと)つだ。
Heterosexuality is one type of sexual orientation.
異性愛(いせいあい)前提(ぜんてい)とした社会(しゃかい)見方(みかた)見直(みなお)されている。
Social perspectives that assume heterosexuality are being reconsidered.
性的指向(せいてきしこう)���は異性愛(いせいあい)同性愛(どうせいあい)両��愛(りょうせいあい)などがあり、多様性(たようせい)尊重(そんちょう)する意識(いしき)(ひろ)がっている。
Sexual orientations include heterosexuality, homosexuality, and bisexuality, among others, and awareness of respecting this diversity is spreading.

A compound of 異性(いせい) (the opposite sex) and (あい) (love). The related adjective form is 異性愛(いせいあい)の, and a person of this orientation is called 異性愛者(いせいあいしゃ) (heterosexual person).

This term is neutral and used in formal, academic, and journalistic contexts. In casual speech, ストレート (straight) is also sometimes used as an English loanword.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 異性愛者(いせいあいしゃ): heterosexual person
  • 異性愛(いせいあい)前提(ぜんてい)��する: to assume heterosexuality
  • 異性愛(いせいあい)規範(きはん): heteronormativity
  • 異性愛(いせいあい)中心(ちゅうしん)の: heterocentric

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • 同性愛(どうせいあい): homosexuality — attraction to the same sex
  • 両性愛(りょうせいあい): bisexuality — attraction to both sexes
  • 性的指向(せいてきしこう): sexual orientation — the umbrella concept