The current use of the term heterosexual has its roots in the broader 19th century tradition of personality taxonomy. The term heterosexual was coined alongside the word homosexual by Karl Maria Kertbeny in 1868 private correspondence . The likely earliest appearance of the term in print is in 1871 texts by one of Kertbeny's acquaintances, hack writer Daniel von Kászony. IThe terms were not in current use during the late nineteenth century, but were reintroduced by Richard von Krafft-Ebing and Albert Moll around 1890. The noun came into wider use from the early 1920s, but did not enter common use until the 1960s. The colloquial shortening "hetero" is attested from 1933. The abstract noun "heterosexuality" is first recorded in 1900.Mills, Jonathan, Love, Covenant & Meaning, p. 22, Regent College Publishing, 1997. The word "heterosexual" was listed in Merriam-Webster's New International Dictionary in 1923 as a medical term for "morbid sexual passion for one of the opposite sex"; however, in 1934 in their Second Edition Unabridged it is defined as a "manifestation of sexual passion for one of the opposite sex; normal sexuality".Katz, Jonathan Ned (1995) The Invention of Heterosexuality, p. 92. New York, NY: Dutton (Penguin Books).
The current use of the term heterosexual has its roots in the broader 19th century tradition of personality taxonomy. The term heterosexual was coined alongside the word homosexual by Karl Maria Kertbeny in private correspondence in 1868. The likely earliest appearance of the term in print is in 1871 texts by one of Kertbeny's acquaintances, Daniel von Kászony. The terms were not in current use during the late nineteenth century, but were reintroduced by Richard von Krafft-Ebing and Albert Moll around 1890. The noun came into wider use from the early 1920s, but did not enter common use until the 1960s. The colloquial shortening "hetero" is attested from 1933. The abstract noun "heterosexuality" is first recorded in 1900.Mills, Jonathan, Love, Covenant & Meaning, p. 22, Regent College Publishing, 1997. The word "heterosexual" was listed in Merriam-Webster's New International Dictionary in 1923 as a medical term for "morbid sexual passion for one of the opposite sex"; however, in 1934 in their Second Edition Unabridged it is defined as a "manifestation of sexual passion for one of the opposite sex; normal sexuality".Katz, Jonathan Ned (1995) The Invention of Heterosexuality, p. 92. New York, NY: Dutton (Penguin Books).
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