Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
hetero-
prefix
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ a heterogeneous mixture
▪ heterosexual
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hetero-
Hetero- \Het"er*o-\ [Gr. "e`teros other.] A combining form signifying other, other than usual, different; as, heteroclite, heterodox, heterogamous.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
hetero-
word-forming element meaning "other, different," from comb. form of Greek heteros "the other (of two), another, different;" first element meaning "one, at one, together," from PIE *sem- "one;" the second cognate with the second element in Latin al-ter, Gothic an-þar, Old English o-ðer "other."
Wiktionary
hetero-
pre. other, different
Usage examples of "hetero-".
Of course, this sort of campy aestheticism has been a common strategy of survival for gay men for quite a long time: at least since the invention of hetero- and homosexuality in the later 19th century.