heterosexuality

romantic and/or sexual attraction or behavior between people of different genders
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heterosexuality

Summary

heterosexuality is a sexual orientation[1]. heterosexuality draws 4,111 Wikipedia views per month (sexual_orientation category, ranking #6 of 37).[2]

Key Facts

  • heterosexuality's instance of is recorded as sexual orientation[3].
  • hetero- is named after heterosexuality[4].
  • sexuality is named after heterosexuality[5].
  • heterosexuality's flag is recorded as heterosexual flag[6].
  • heterosexuality is a type of monosexuality[7].
  • heterosexuality is a type of cross-sex intimacy[8].
  • heterosexuality's Commons category is recorded as Heterosexuality[9].
  • heterosexuality is the opposite of non-heterosexuality[10].
  • heterosexuality is the opposite of homosexuality[11].
  • heterosexuality's Unicode character is recorded as ⚤[12].
  • heterosexuality's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Heterosexuality[13].
  • heterosexuality's used by is recorded as heterosexual[14].
  • heterosexuality's different from is recorded as heterosociality[15].
  • heterosexuality's different from is recorded as heteroromantic[16].
  • heterosexuality's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'pt', 'text': 'hétera'}[17].
  • heterosexuality's hashtag is recorded as heterosexual[18].
  • heterosexuality's named by is recorded as Karl-Maria Kertbeny[19].
  • heterosexuality's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[20].

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Definition and Type

heterosexuality's instance of is recorded as sexual orientation[3]. Recorded subclass of include monosexuality[7] and cross-sex intimacy[8]. Recorded opposite of include non-heterosexuality[10] and homosexuality[11].

Origins

Things named after include hetero-[4], a prefix[21] and sexuality[5].

Use and Application

heterosexuality's used by is recorded as heterosexual[14].

Influence

Things named for heterosexuality include straight pride[22].

Why It Matters

heterosexuality draws 4,111 Wikipedia views per month (sexual_orientation category, ranking #6 of 37).[2] heterosexuality has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] heterosexuality is known by 80 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

Entities named for heterosexuality include straight pride[22].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
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  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . books.openedition.org. books.openedition.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [22] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [21] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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