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Meaning of hetero-fascism | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

Authoritarian or aggressive support for heteronormativity.

derogatory, uncountable

Examples

“Attempting (and failing) to Expose Homosexuality In The Nazi Party and in the process, exposing Heterofascism in America.”
“The two eventually fall out, violently and publicly, over Aids, which Willie comes to see as "a moral argument that's trying to police our sexuality", just as Doumé and Leibo fall out over the latter's alleged "heterofascism".”
“Glenn Beck: Do you know what happened last week in Russia? One of their biggest stars on television said that homosexuals should be put into the ovens alive. I didn't think you could make the Holocaust worse, but he's like, "Why the gas chamber? That seems a little too humane. Let's put them alive in the ovens." I said on the air this week, I will stand with GLAAD. I will stand with anybody who will stand up and say that's crazy. That's dangerous. That's hetero-fascism. That's what that is.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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