English Explanatory Dictionary

homosexuality

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The state of being sexually attracted primarily or exclusively to persons of the same sex, sometimes (potentially offensive) restricted to same-sex attraction between males.
  2. Sexual activity with a person of the same sex, sometimes (potentially offensive) restricted to same-sex sex between males.

Pronunciation

/ˌhoʊməˌsɛkʃuˈælɪti/ /ˌhoʊmoʊˌsɛkʃuˈælɪti/ /ˌhəʊmə(ʊ)sɛkʃʊˈælɪti/ /ˌhəʊmə(ʊ)ˌsɛksjʊˈælɪti/ /ˌhɒmə(ʊ)-/ En-us-homosexuality.ogg

Word forms

homosexuality

Etymology

From homosexual + -ity, equivalent to homo- + sexuality and after the model of German Homosexualität, coined by journalist Karl Maria Kertbeny in 1869, and French homosexualité, attested in 1891.

Synonyms

gayness homosexualism urningism uranism SSAD inversionism

Antonyms

heterosexuality straightness

Related words

homosexual homoromanticism homoflexibility homogenitality LGBT GLBT gay lesbian

Derived words

antihomosexuality pseudohomosexuality

Translations

Afrikaans: homoseksualiteit Albanian: homoseksualitet Albanian: homoseksualizëm Arabic: مِثْلِيَّة Arabic: مِثْلِيَّة جِنْسِيَّة Arabic: هُومُوسِكْسُوَالِيَّة Arabic: هوموسكسواليه Armenian: համասեռամոլություն Assamese: সমকামিতা Asturian: homosexualidá Avar: гомосексуаллъи Azerbaijani: homoseksualizm Azerbaijani: homoseksuallıq South Azerbaijani: همجینسچیلیک Banjarese: homoseksualitas Bashkir: гомосексуализм Basque: homosexualitate Belarusian: гомасексуалі́зм Belarusian: гомасэксуалі́зм Belarusian: гомасексуальнасць Belarusian: гомасэксуальнасьць Bengali: সমকামিতা Bihari: समलैंगिकता Breton: heñvelrevelezh Bulgarian: хомосексуа́лност Bulgarian: обратност Bulgarian: мъжеложство Bulgarian: обра́тна резба́ Burmese: လိင်တူဆက်ဆံခြင်း Catalan: homosexualitat Cebuano: homosekswalidad Chichewa: mathanyula Chichewa: ugeyi Chinese Cantonese: 同性戀 /同性恋 Eastern Min Chinese: 同性戀 /同性恋 Gan Chinese: 同性戀 /同性恋 Chinese: 同性戀 /同性恋 Chinese: 同性愛 /同性爱 Literary Chinese: 同性戀 Chinese Mandarin: 同性戀 /同性恋 Wu Chinese: 同性媾 Chuvash: гомосексуаллӑх Czech: homosexualita Danish: homoseksualitet Doteli: समलैंगिकता Dutch: homoseksualiteit Emilian: omosesuêl Esperanto: samseksemo Estonian: homoseksuaalsus Estonian: homoseksualism Estonian: samasooiharus Faroese: samkyndleiki Finnish: homoseksuaalisuus Finnish: homous Finnish: homoseksualismi French: homosexualité West-Frisian: homoseksualiteit
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