straightness
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English streightnes, equivalent to straight + -ness. Cognate with Scots strauchtness, straichtness (“straightness”).
Noun edit
straightness (countable and uncountable, plural straightnesses)
- (countable) The result or product of being straight.
- (uncountable) The state or quality of being straight (especially in the sense of "heterosexual").