heterosexualizar

Senses

1. 1.

   to make heterosexual

   to cause someone or something to adopt or display heterosexual characteristics or orientation

2. 2.

   to interpret or present as heterosexual

   to frame, classify, or portray in heterosexual terms

Examples

• "El cine ha tendido a heterosexualizar personajes históricos de orientación dudosa."

  Cinema has tended to make historically ambiguous-orientation figures heterosexual.

• "Se criticó el intento de heterosexualizar la relación entre los dos artistas."

  The attempt to present the relationship between the two artists as heterosexual was criticized.

Usage

Formal or academic verb, primarily used in critical or analytical contexts (film studies, literary criticism, queer theory). Often appears in passive constructions or with reflexive pronouns. Related nouns: heterosexualización.