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straight-acting

straight-acting

English

Adjective

straight-acting (comparative more straight-acting, superlative most straight-acting)

  1. (of a gay or bisexual man (or, rarely, of a lesbian), potentially offensive) having the appearance, mannerisms, etc., of a stereotypical heterosexual of the same sex rather than those stereotypically associated with gay men or lesbians.