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Meaning of pseudoheterosexuality | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

Behaviour which appears to be heterosexual but is really homosexual.

uncountable

Examples

“Homosexuality is one of the possible consequences of failing to work out these negative oedipal feelings. Another is pseudoheterosexuality. A man, for instance, might choose a wife (and she needn't look or act "masculine") because she has certain qualities which make her, for him, a stand-in for a male lover.”

CEFR level

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

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