heterofatalist

English

Etymology

From hetero- +‎ fatalist.

Pronunciation

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Noun

heterofatalist (plural heterofatalists)

  1. (neologism) Synonym of heteropessimist.
    • 2020, Sophie Lewis, “Collective Turn-off”, in Mal‎[1]:
      The point here is not that heterofatalists’ gestures of disaffiliation are insincere, rather, that they are ‘performative’ because unaccompanied by collective experiments in abandoning, or even torquing, heterosexuality.
    • 2023 March, Chiara Pellegrini, “Anticipating the plot: overdetermining heteronormative destiny on the twenty-first century screen”, in Textual Practice‎[2], volume 37, number 3, page 415:
      Staying true to Claire's assertion – 'I wouldn't change anything' (1:32:02) – in Time Traveller's Wife, heterofatalists recognise the limitations of compulsory heterosexuality but remain fully attached to it while ostensibly making the gesture to reject it wholesale.
    • 2024, Maria Markiewicz, “Sexuality Is Over. Long Live Asexuality: Post-Sexuality in the Post-Post Era”, in KJ Cerankowski, Megan Milks, editors, Asexualities: Feminist and Queer Perspectives‎[3], unnumbered page:
      Even if "heterofatalists" won't simply ditch everything and devote themselves to imagining intimacy differently, their performative dissatisfaction with (hetero) sexuality is the first step in doing so.

Adjective

heterofatalist (comparative more heterofatalist, superlative most heterofatalist)

  1. Synonym of heteropessimist.
    • 2025 July 21, Jean Garnett, “The Trouble With Wanting Men”, in The New York Times‎[4], →ISSN, archived from the original on 21 July 2025:
      “I’m attracted to men because I love making bad choices,” goes one quintessentially heterofatalist tweet.
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