A person who desires or engages in sexual relations with members of the opposite sex.
A person who is primarily emotionally and physically attracted to people of the other gender.
person whose sexual/romantic/emotional feelings are for the opposite gender.
A word invented at the end of the nineteenth century mixing Greek heteros (the other) and Latin sexus (sex). It can describe any interaction between men and women, or males and females, but it is usually meant to describe sexual activity. It was invented not to describe a particular configuration of sexual desire, but rather to be the opposite of "homosexual." In fact, while most Westerns restrict themselves to heterosexual sex because of the taboo against homosexual sex, very few people can really claim to be genetically heterosexual.
A clinical term for someone having emotional, physical, and sexual responses primarily to members of the opposite gender. Slang: "straight."
Individual with a primary sexual and affectional orientation or emotional attraction toward persons of the opposite sex. Heterosexuals are sometimes referred to as "straight"; a man or woman whose primary sexual and romantic attraction is to people of the other sex. She or he may or may not have had sex with another person, but still realize that his/her sexual attraction is mainly to people of the other sex. Some people who consider themselves heterosexual have or have had sexual contact with people of the same sex.
Normal sexual behave to the opposite sex.
Describing a person whose sexual orientation is toward the other sex. (374)
General definition: A sexual orientation in which a person is sexually attracted only to persons of the opposite gender. They may or may not act on their attraction. Religious conservatives: A behavior in which a person engages in sexual activity with members of the opposite gender.
is feeling sexually attracted to people of the opposite sex.
A person who prefers to have sex with partners of the opposite sex.
a heterosexual person; someone having a sexual orientation to persons of the opposite sex
a person who has recently engaged in sexual behavior only with a person(s) of the opposite gender
a person who is attracted only to persons of the opposite sex
a person who prefers to have their sexual relationships with someone of the opposite sex
characterized by the attraction to and sexual orientation for the opposite sex.
1. Of, relating to, or having a sexual orientation to persons of the opposite sex. 2. A person who identifies himself or herself as sexually oriented to persons of the opposite sex.
Being romantically or sexually attracted to someone of the opposite sex.
A person who prefers to have sexual and emotional relationship with members of the opposite gender.
One whose sexual attraction and desire is for people of the opposite sex.
Attracted to the opposite sex. Considered the opposite of homosexual, it was used in the late 19th century to identify people attracted to both sexes; what we call today, bisexual. (RS)
A person who has sex with members of the opposite sex. Opposite of HOMOSEXUAL.
A clinical term referring to anyone who chooses a partner for sexual activity who is not of one's assigned sex category.
a person who has sexual feelings towards the opposite sex.
In terms of BDSM and D/s, this term refers to having a sexual or relationship preference for members of the opposite sex.
Sexual attraction to only the opposite sex.
a person who is attracted to the "opposite" sex (a person does not have to have a relationship to be heterosexual!)
A person who is sexually attracted primarily to members of the other gender.
A person that is primarily attracted (emotionally, spiritually, and physically) to persons of the opposite sex.
a man or woman who is sexually attracted to someone of the opposite sex
A term used to describe a person who is sexually attracted to the opposite-sex.
Men who have sex with women; women who have sex with men (also referred to as "straight").
Sexual attraction to members of the opposite sex.
a person who is sexually or romantically attracted only to the opposite sex.
A person who experiences the human need for warmth, affection, and love from persons of the opposite gender. Sometimes this includes sexual contact.
A person who is emotionally and sexually attracted to people of the opposite sex.
A person who is sexually attracted primarily to members of the opposite sex.
a person attracted primarily to people of the opposite sex.
Attracted to the opposite sex; straight
A person sexually attracted to persons of the opposite sex. Integrase Inhibitors - new class of HIV antiretrovirals
Sexual activity between persons of the opposite sex.
A male or female who is sexually attracted to or could fall in love with a person of the other sex or gender (sex).