heterosexuality

heterosexuality
/het'euhr euh sek'shooh al"i tee/ or, esp. Brit., /-seks'yooh-/, n.
sexual feeling or behavior directed toward a person or persons of the opposite sex.
[1895-1900; HETERO- + SEXUALITY]

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