hetero
noun
het·ero ˈhe-tə-ˌrō 
plural heteros
: heterosexual
hetero adjective
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web For too long, non-Black, cis-hetero Latino comics have shaped Latine comedy in U.S. films and TV shows. 
Jasmin Hernandez, refinery29.com, 1 Sep. 2022 Love is love is love—although Shakespeare’s plot does continue to require a certain amount of hetero panic about cross-dressing. Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 1 Sep. 2022 One New York Post article pegged to the public kerfuffle cited a study suggesting gay women made more money then their hetero counterparts. Andrea Marks, Rolling Stone, 13 Aug. 2022 The act has historically been stigmatized, but has increasingly gained acceptance within the cis-hetero community, thanks to rising cultural visibility via shows like Broad City and movies like Deadpool. Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2022 Goethe with an Italian girl (still unknown); Byron (surprisingly, given his earlier hetero history) with a beautiful Greek boy. Adam Gopnik, Town & Country, 17 June 2022 The hetero-patriarchal family, conservative concepts of women’s respectability, the white middle-class family must maintain itself if white supremacy, white privilege, and capitalism are to remain, which is what the U.S. is based on. Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 26 May 2022 This attitude is familiar from Big Brother, but the magazine also featured hetero-friendly helpings of naked women. Ed Halter, The New Yorker, 4 Feb. 2022 To be a cis, hetero man like Harry Styles or Russell Westbrook rocking a Vivienne Westwood or Thom Browne skirt is a sign of an adventurous, liberated sensibility to outside observers. Dave Schilling, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2021 See More
Jasmin Hernandez, refinery29.com, 1 Sep. 2022 Love is love is love—although Shakespeare’s plot does continue to require a certain amount of hetero panic about cross-dressing. Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 1 Sep. 2022 One New York Post article pegged to the public kerfuffle cited a study suggesting gay women made more money then their hetero counterparts. Andrea Marks, Rolling Stone, 13 Aug. 2022 The act has historically been stigmatized, but has increasingly gained acceptance within the cis-hetero community, thanks to rising cultural visibility via shows like Broad City and movies like Deadpool. Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2022 Goethe with an Italian girl (still unknown); Byron (surprisingly, given his earlier hetero history) with a beautiful Greek boy. Adam Gopnik, Town & Country, 17 June 2022 The hetero-patriarchal family, conservative concepts of women’s respectability, the white middle-class family must maintain itself if white supremacy, white privilege, and capitalism are to remain, which is what the U.S. is based on. Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 26 May 2022 This attitude is familiar from Big Brother, but the magazine also featured hetero-friendly helpings of naked women. Ed Halter, The New Yorker, 4 Feb. 2022 To be a cis, hetero man like Harry Styles or Russell Westbrook rocking a Vivienne Westwood or Thom Browne skirt is a sign of an adventurous, liberated sensibility to outside observers. Dave Schilling, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2021 See More Word History
First Known Use
1933, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
hetero
noun
het·ero ˈhet-ə-ˌrō
plural heteros
: heterosexual