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homosexuality en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌhoʊməˌsɛkʃuˈælɪti/ (General-American)
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• /ˌhɒmə(ʊ)-/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˌhəʊmə(ʊ)ˌsɛksjʊˈælɪti/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˌhəʊmə(ʊ)sɛkʃʊˈælɪti/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˌhoʊmoʊˌsɛkʃuˈælɪti/ (General-American)

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.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) The state of being sexually and romantically attracted primarily or exclusively to persons of the same sex, sometimes (potentially offensive) restricted to same-sex attraction between males.
   • Great diminution or complete absence of sexual feeling for the opposite sex, with substitution of sexual feeling and instinct for the same sex. (Homo-sexuality, or contrary sexual instinct). 1892, Richard von Krafft-Ebing, translated by Charles Gilbert Chaddock, Psychopathia Sexualis, page 185:
   • Some of the experts have gone into the question of homosexuality with great care, and advanced sundry learned and scientific theories in regard to that abnormal condition. 1892 April 2, “Hereditary Insanity: This is What Dr. Comstock Says Alice Mitchell Has”, in Memphis Appeal-Avalanche, Memphis, Tenn., page 1:
   • Of the dozen or so surviving articles, squibs, and letters to the editor, the most remarkable appeared in the Whip and Satirist’s February 12, 1842, issue, and disclosed the existence of a cabal of gay men in New York's otherwise wholesome nightscape of brothels and riots. Moreover it identified the spider who minced so delicately along the wide-flung strands of the sodomitical web. "There is not one so degraded as this Captain Collins, the King of the Sodomites." He was a foreigner, an Englishman, in the long tradition of blaming homosexuality on the influence of aliens. Among the syndicate of perverts, the writer announced, "we find no Americans as yet—they are all Englishmen or French" (the English called homosexuality the French vice and the French the English vice; for the Whip it was the French and English vice). 2005, Mark Caldwell, New York Night, page 133:
   • The state hierarchizes sexuality by defining homosexuality as an influence that corrupts minors. Such a discourse produces a notion of the correct sexual behavior that transcends into the political realm, reinforcing the heteronationalistic nature of the nation-building. 2018 January 14, Nikita Sleptcov, “Political Homophobia as a State Strategy in Russia”, in Journal of Global Initiatives: Policy, Pedagogy, Perspective, volume 12, number 1, page 146:
2. (uncountable) Sexual activity with a person of the same sex, sometimes (potentially offensive) restricted to same-sex sex between males.
   • Third, it is possible to have gay sex with a crew member on your team. This isn’t possible with every crew member—only some, according to their pre-programmed sexual orientation. It’s obvious why this is an issue for Christians. Scripture explicitly says homosexuality is a sin (Genesis 18:20-21; 19:4-5, 24-25; Leviticus 18:22; Romans 1:26-27; 1 Corinthians 6:9-11; 2 Peter 2:4-10). Denying what Scripture says on it is nothing short of joyful ignorance and intellectual dishonesty. Society, conversely, says it’s not a sin, and as such has thrown it into pop culture without a care for whom they offend. Obviously, for the Christian, do not go this route. If you believe homosexuality is a sin (and you should, considering God’s Word is inerrant and infallible and you say you’re a Christian), do not choose a gay romantic route. You may think it’s harmless if you do, but what’s the point in making a confession coherent with Scripture but not living according to that confession? Quite frankly, it’s hypocritical and needs repentance. 2019 October 31, Garrick Beckett, “Beckett: How BioWare Approaches Religion & Sexuality”, in The Lutheran Column, archived from the original on 17 Sep 2020, Blog:
   • Bourneville believes that 75 per cent. of the inmates of the Parisian venereal hospitals have practised homosexuality. 1897, Havelock Ellis et al., Sexual Inversion, page 101:
   • A Prussian proposal for a harsh penal code made male homosexuality an even more serious crime. 2004 June 10, Leslie Feinberg, “The love that dared to speak its name”, in Workers World:

Antonyms

heterosexuality · straightness

Deriveds

antihomosexuality · pseudohomosexuality

Hypernyms

queerness

Hyponyms

lesbianism

Relateds

gay · homosexual · homoromanticism · homogenitality · LGBT · homoflexibility · GLBT · lesbian

Synonyms

urningism · SSAD · uranism · gayness · homosexualism · inversionism

Translations (178)

ny mathanyula (sexual orientation) · la homosexualitas (sexual orientation) · zu isitabane (sexual orientation) · hi समलैंगिकता (sexual orientation) · az homoseksuallıq (sexual orientation) · tg гомосексуализм (sexual orientation) · fi homoseksuaalisuus (sexual orientation) · cmn 同性戀 /同性恋 (sexual orientation) · st bosodoma (sexual orientation) · sn ungochani (sexual orientation) · lmo omosessüalitaa (sexual orientation) · gan 同性戀 /同性恋 (sexual orientation) · kk гомосексуалдылық (sexual orientation) · lt homoseksualumas (sexual orientation) · eo samseksemo (sexual orientation) · ko 동성애 (sexual orientation) · as সমকামিতা (sexual orientation) · lzh-lit 同性戀 (sexual orientation) · lb Homosexualitéit (sexual orientation) · ga homaighnéasacht (sexual orientation) · bg хомосексуа́лност (sexual orientation) · sv homosexualitet (sexual orientation) · gd banas-feise (sexual orientation) · tr homoseksüellik (sexual orientation) · ar مِثْلِيَّة (sexual orientation) · tt һомосексуальлек (sexual orientation) · av гомосексуаллъи (sexual orientation) · ckb ھاوڕەگەزخوازی (sexual orientation) · hu homoszexualitás (sexual orientation) · es homosexualismo (sexual orientation) · et samasooiharus (sexual orientation) · ja 同性愛 (sexual orientation) · fy homoseksualiteit (sexual orientation) · be гомасэксуалі́зм (sexual orientation) · cs homosexualita (sexual orientation) · fr homosexualité (sexual orientation) · egl omosesuêl (sexual orientation) · ckb ھۆمۆسێکشواڵتی (sexual orientation) · war homoseksuwalidad (sexual orientation) · ro homosexualitate (sexual orientation) · hy համասեռամոլություն (sexual orientation) · io homeosexualeso (sexual orientation) · gl homosexualidade (sexual orientation) · sq homoseksualitet (sexual orientation) · gd fearas-feise (sexual orientation) · ka ჰომოსექსუალიზმი (sexual orientation) · nan-hbl 同性戀 /同性恋 (sexual orientation) · sq homoseksualizëm (sexual orientation) · nan-hbl 同性愛 /同性爱 (sexual orientation) · oc omosexualitat (sexual orientation) · bg обра́тна резба́ (sexual orientation) · bar Homosexualität (sexual orientation) · eu homosexualitate (sexual orientation) · so khaniisnimada (sexual orientation) · bn সমকামিতা (sexual orientation) · lad omoseksualita (sexual orientation) · bg обратност (sexual orientation) · mg fahapelahana (sexual orientation) · et homoseksualism (sexual orientation) · sw mapenzi ya jinsia moja (sexual orientation) · tt гомосексуализм (sexual orientation) · ka ჰომოსექსუალობა (sexual orientation) · ia homosexualitate (sexual orientation) · fo samkyndleiki (sexual orientation) · ga homaighnéasachas (sexual orientation) · yue 同性戀 /同性恋 (sexual orientation) · zza hemcınsbaz (sexual orientation) · ru гомосексуа́льность (sexual orientation) · fi homoseksualismi (sexual orientation) · vls homoseksualiteit (sexual orientation) · it omosessualità (sexual orientation) · cy gwrywgydiaeth (sexual orientation) · ur ہمجنسیت (sexual orientation) · kmr homoseksûalîte (sexual orientation) · new समलैङ्गिकता (sexual orientation) · te స్వలింగ సంపర్కం (sexual orientation) · mt omosesswalità (sexual orientation) · az homoseksualizm (sexual orientation) · sd هم جنس پرست (sexual orientation) · tr eşcinsellik (sexual orientation) · pt homossexualidade (sexual orientation) · is samkynhneigð (sexual orientation) · ne समलैंगिकता (sexual orientation) · cy cyfunrhywiaeth (sexual orientation) · cv гомосексуаллӑх (sexual orientation) · nah cuilonyōtl (sexual orientation) · sh homoseksuálnōst (sexual orientation) · dty समलैंगिकता (sexual orientation) · ny ugeyi (sexual orientation) · kmr homoseksuelî (sexual orientation) · id homoseksualitas (sexual orientation) · et homoseksuaalsus (sexual orientation) · fi homous (sexual orientation) · lv homoseksualitāte (sexual orientation) · fa همجنسگرایی (sexual orientation) · tl homoseksuwalidad (sexual orientation) · vi đồng tính luyến ái (sexual orientation) · sk homosexualita (sexual orientation) · ml സ്വവർഗ്ഗരതി (sexual orientation) · ka მამათმავლობა (sexual orientation) · ast homosexualidá (sexual orientation) · ceb homosekswalidad (sexual orientation) · th รักร่วมเพศ (sexual orientation) · pl homoseksualizm (sexual orientation) · ha kishili (sexual orientation) · uz gomoseksuallik (sexual orientation) · gd co-sheòrsachd (sexual orientation) · he הוֹמוֹסֶקְסוּאָלִיּוּת (sexual orientation) · ta தன்பாலீர்ப்பு (sexual orientation) · glk همجنسخأيي (sexual orientation) · uk гомосексуа́льність (sexual orientation) · mai समलैङ्गिकता (sexual orientation) · ar مِثْلِيَّة جِنْسِيَّة (sexual orientation) · mk хомосексуалност (sexual orientation) · kl suiaqatinik atoqateqartarneq (sexual orientation) · cdo 同性戀 /同性恋 (sexual orientation) · si සමලිංගිකතාව (sexual orientation) · kmr hevzayendîtî (sexual orientation) · wuu 同性媾 (sexual orientation) · pa ਸਮਲਿੰਗੀ (sexual orientation) · es homosexualidad (sexual orientation) · de Homosexualität (sexual orientation) · scn omusissualità (sexual orientation) · ba гомосексуализм (sexual orientation) · br heñvelrevelezh (sexual orientation) · yo ìnífẹ̀ẹ́-ọkùnrin-sọ́kùnrin (sexual orientation) · ta ஒருபாலீர்ப்பு (sexual orientation) · af homoseksualiteit (sexual orientation) · scn omosessualità (sexual orientation) · gsw Homosexualität (sexual orientation) · mzn همجنسگرایی (sexual orientation) · ro хомосексуалитате (sexual orientation) · zls-chs мѫжеложьство (sexual orientation) · be гомасэксуальнасьць (sexual orientation) · my လိင်တူဆက်ဆံခြင်း (sexual orientation) · kn ಸಲಿಂಗ ಕಾಮ (sexual orientation) · ja ホモセクシャリティ (sexual orientation) · nl homoseksualiteit (sexual orientation) · ca homosexualitat (sexual orientation) · nb homoseksualitet (sexual orientation) · sl homoseksualnost (sexual orientation) · nb homofili (sexual orientation) · uk гомосексуалі́зм (sexual orientation) · gu હોમોસેક્સ્યુઅલ (sexual orientation) · az همجینسچیلیک (sexual orientation) · ur ہم جنس پرستی (sexual orientation) · bjn homoseksualitas (sexual orientation) · ar هُومُوسِكْسُوَالِيَّة (sexual orientation) · gu સમલિંગી (sexual orientation) · se homoseksualitehta (sexual orientation) · arz هوموسكسواليه (sexual orientation) · mwl homossexualidade (sexual orientation) · nn homofili (sexual orientation) · ru гомосексуали́зм (sexual orientation) · nap ommosessualità (sexual orientation) · el ομοφυλοφιλία (sexual orientation) · grc ἀρσενοκοιτία (sexual orientation) · pms omossessualità (sexual orientation) · nci cuilonyōtl (sexual orientation) · grc κιναιδία (sexual orientation) · tg ҳамҷинсгароӣ (sexual orientation) · sh хомосексуа́лно̄ст (sexual orientation) · sw ushoga (sexual orientation) · ckb ھاوڕەگەزبازی (sexual orientation) · be гомасексуалі́зм (sexual orientation) · nrf homosexualité (sexual orientation) · vi tính tình dục đồng giới (sexual orientation) · bg мъжеложство (sexual orientation) · lij omosessualitæ (sexual orientation) · lv homoseksuālisms (sexual orientation) · szl buzeranctwo (sexual orientation) · li homoseksualiteit (sexual orientation) · da homoseksualitet (sexual orientation) · ky гомосексуалдуулук (sexual orientation) · yi האָמאָסעקסואַלוטעט (sexual orientation) · be гомасексуальнасць (sexual orientation) · pt homossexualismo (sexual orientation) · sc omosessualidade (sexual orientation)

wikipedia: Karl Maria Kertbeny