English Explanatory Dictionary

queerness

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The quality of being queer or odd.
  2. Something queer; an oddity.
  3. Homosexuality.
  4. The quality of being queer, in the sense of not conforming to sexual or gender norms.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

queerness queernesses

Etymology

From queer + -ness.

Synonyms

abnormality oddness weirdness deviance irregularity outlier queerhood nonheterosexuality

Translations

Finnish: queerius French: queerness French: queerité Georgian: უცნაურობა Irish: aisteachas Irish: aistiúlacht Irish: aiteacht Irish: aiteas Irish: greannmhaireacht Irish: suaithníocht Polish: queer
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