straightness

Etymology

From Middle English streightnes, equivalent to straight + -ness. Cognate with Scots strauchtness, straichtness (“straightness”).

noun

  1. (countable) The result or product of being straight.
  2. (uncountable) The state or quality of being straight (especially in the sense of "heterosexual").

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