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homoromanticism

noun

Etymology

From homoromantic + -ism.

  1. learned borrowing from romanticus — “(of a poem) having qualities of a romance”
  2. prefixed as homoromantic — “homo + romantic”
  3. suffixed as homoromanticism — “homoromantic + ism”

Definitions

  1. The state of being being romantically attracted to the same gender.

    • For example, analysis of Thoreau's poem “Sympathy” (“Lately, alas, I knew a gentle boy") is enriched by considering its homoromanticism.
    • In Smallville’s teen fantasy, the themes of alienation and the search for identity easily transmute into homoromanticism and sympathetic queerness.
    • 2006, "The homoromanticism of Sufjan Stevens' little ditties", The Georgia Straight, 2 December 2006 (used in title only)

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA