The meang of HOMOSEXUALITY is sexual or romantic attractn to others of one's same sex : the qualy or state of beg gay. Usage of Homosexualy: Usage Gui
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nounNAmE//ˌhoʊməˈsɛkʃuəl//jump to other rultsa person, ually a man, who is sexually attracted to people of the same sex a practicg homosexual pare bisexual, gay, heterosexual, lbian. Homosexual adjectivejump to other rults a homosexual act/relatnship homosexualyjump to other rultsNAmE//ˌhoʊməˌsɛkʃuˈælət̮i// noun [ununtable]See homosexual the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictnary. There are five meangs listed OED's entry for the word homosexual.
See ‘Meang & e’ for fns, age, and quotatn evince.About 10occurrenc per ln words morn wrten English The earlit known e of the word homosexual is the 1890s.OED's earlit evince for homosexual is om 1891, the wrg of John Addgton Symonds, wrer and advote of sexual reform.homosexual is formed wh English, by poundg; origally molled on a German lexil em.Etymons: homo- b. Form, sexual adj.Nearby entriHomoptera, n.1826–homopteran, n.1842–homopteran, n.1909–homoptero, adj.1826–homanic, adj.1854–homoromantic, adj.
& n.1987–Homo sapiens, n.1774–homoscedastic, adj.1905–homosex, n.1966–homosex, adj.1913–homosexual, adj. & n.1891–homosexualism, n.1903–homosexualist, n. & adj.1898–homosexualy, n.1892–homosexualizatn, n.1928–homosexualize, v.1930–homosexualized, adj.1901–homosexualizg, n.1972–homosexualizg, adj.1930–homosexually, adv.1895–homosexual marriage, n.1915–Browse more nearby entri1.a.1891– Characterized by sexual or romantic attractn to, or sexual activy wh, people of the same sex; volvg or relatg to same-sex sire or sexual activy.Both as an adjective and a noun, homosexual was for much of the first half of the 20th cent.
Defn of gay_1 adjective Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictnary. Meang, pronunciatn, picture, example sentenc, grammar, age not, synonyms and more. * homosexuality oxford dictionary meaning *
While the term is still ed many formal ntexts, om the 1960s onwards gay beme preferred by many same-sex oriented men, who regard homosexual as too formal and clil, or as beg associated wh a history of the treatment of homosexualy as a medil or psychiatric ndn and the crimalizatn of sex between men many jurisdictns. When referrg to same-sex sire and relatns between women, the term lbian is often preferred.1891The thor enavoured to..ame a general theory regardg the orig and prevalence of homosexual passns. 601892He had been ee om homo-sexual clatns .