straightness

noun — 2 senses

straightness

noun

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

1

The result or product of being straight.

2

The state or quality of being straight (especially in the sense of "heterosexual").

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