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Heterosexual vs Retrosexual - What's the difference?

heterosexual | retrosexual |

As nouns the difference between heterosexual and retrosexual

is that heterosexual is heterosexual while retrosexual is a man who embraces traditional masculinity in his dress and behavior.

heterosexual

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (lb) Sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex.
  • Synonyms

    * (sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex) (l), (l),

    Hyponyms

    * heteroflexible

    Coordinate terms

    * * heteroromantic

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A heterosexual person, or other heterosexual organism.
  • Synonyms

    * (heterosexual person) (l) (especially in the plural), (l), (l)

    Antonyms

    * homosexual

    retrosexual

    English

    Alternative forms

    * retro-sexual

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A man who embraces traditional masculinity in his dress and behavior.
  • * 2010 April 7, Lini S. Kadaba, Philadelphia Inquirer :
  • Think of him as the anti-metrosexual, the opposite of that guy who emerged in the 1990s in all his pedicured, moussed-up, skinny-jeans glory. That man-boy was searching for his inner girl, it was argued. The retrosexual, however, wants to put the man back into manhood.
  • (humorous) One who has not had sex in a very long time.
  • It's been so long I've become a retrosexual .

    See also

    * (wikipedia "retrosexual") * metrosexual * retrosexuality * retrosexism