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homocaust en · NOUN

Etymology

Blend of homo + holocaust. See Homocaust.

Meanings

1. (rare) A systematic persecution of homosexuals, especially the one which occurred in Nazi Germany (the Homocaust), when seen as constituting systematic destruction of them.
   • To speak of a "final solution" or a "homocaust" for homosexuals is an absurdity that denigrates the homosexual cause. 2006, Florence Tamagne, A history of homosexuality in Europe: Berlin, London, Paris, 1919-1939, Algora Publishing, →ISBN, page 397:
   • However, the empirical basis for these arguments was established as early as 1977 by scholars who refuted the notion of a "homocaust," an idea that had been awarded wide currency by German gay groups in the early 1970s. 2005, Dagmar Herzog, Sexuality and German Fascism, →ISBN, page 96:
   • Another view sometimes heard is that the Nazis' loudly trumpeted policy of 'eradicating' homosexuality amounted to a ‘homocaust’ somehow comparable to the extermination of the Jews. 2013, The Hidden Holocaust?, →ISBN, page 5:

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