homosexuality
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homosexuality
- /ˌhoʊməˌsɛkʃuˈælɪti/ US
- /ˌhoʊmoʊˌsɛkʃuˈælɪti/ US
- /ˌhəʊmə(ʊ)sɛkʃʊˈælɪti/ UK
- /ˌhəʊmə(ʊ)ˌsɛksjʊˈælɪti/ UK
- /ˌhɒmə(ʊ)-/ UK
Rhymes with -ælɪti
Where it comes from
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.
noun
- 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).
- Sexual activity with a person of the same sex, sometimes (potentially offensive) restricted to same-sex sex between males. Bourneville believes that 75 per cent. of the inmates of the Parisian venereal hospitals have practised homosexuality.
Similar: gayness, homosexualism, urningism, uranism, SSAD, inversionism · Opposite: heterosexuality, straightness
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: homosexualism, homoeroticism, gayness, heterosexuality, sexuality, sodomy, perversion, anomaly, abnormality, egodystonic, orientation, opera, gay, queerness, lesbianism, sapphism
noun
Similar: gayness, homosexualism, urningism, uranism, SSAD, inversionism · Opposite: heterosexuality, straightness
Translations
Every language
noun sexual orientation
| Español | homosexualidad, homosexualismo |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 동성애 dongseong'ae |
| 日本語 | 同性愛 dōseiai, ホモセクシャリティ homosekushariti |
| 中文 | 同性戀 /同性恋 tóngxìngliàn |
| हिन्दी | समलैंगिकता samlaiṅgiktā |
| Kiswahili | ushoga, mapenzi ya jinsia moja |
| Português | homossexualidade, homossexualismo |
| Français | homosexualité |
| Deutsch | Homosexualität |
| Italiano | omosessualità |
| Ελληνικά | ομοφυλοφιλία omofylofilía |
| Română | homosexualitate, хомосексуалитате homosexualitate |
| Русский | гомосексуа́льность gomosɛksuálʹnostʹ, гомосексуали́зм gomosɛksualízm |
| Tiếng Việt | tính tình dục đồng giới, đồng tính luyến ái |
| العربية | مِثْلِيَّة miṯliyya, مِثْلِيَّة جِنْسِيَّة miṯliyya jinsiyya, هُومُوسِكْسُوَالِيَّة homoseksuwāliyya |
| עברית | הוֹמוֹסֶקְסוּאָלִיּוּת homoseksuáliut |
Talk about this word "homosexuality." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/homosexuality. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. homosexuality. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/homosexuality "homosexuality." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/homosexuality.Cite this
@misc{homosexuality_2026,
title = {homosexuality},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/homosexuality},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
