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homosexual

adj
/ˌhɒməʊˈsɛksjuːəl/

Etymology

Borrowed from German homosexual, from homo- (“same”) + sexual (“relating to sex or sexuality”), coined by Karl Maria Kertbeny in 1868, and popularized in Richard von Krafft-Ebing's Psychopathia Sexualis (2nd ed. 1887, in German) and Charles Gilbert Chaddock's 1892 English translation thereof (compare bisexual), displacing the slightly older term Uranian. Equivalent to homo- + -sexual.

  1. borrowed from homosexual

Definitions

  1. Sexually and/or romantically attracted to members of the same sex, such as a man who is…

    Sexually and/or romantically attracted to members of the same sex, such as a man who is attracted to men or a woman who is attracted to women; gay. (Typically used in the sense of sole/exclusive attraction.)

    • No, it wouldn't make a difference if the applicant was homosexual.
    • [H]e said he had never noticed anything homosexual in himself.
    • "Significant results indicate that Swedes would choose a more masculine partner the more homosexual they are, and that Finns would choose a more attractive partner the more homosexual they are."

  2. Between two people of the same sex

    Between two people of the same sex; gay.

    • Most western countries have repealed laws against homosexual activity between consenting adults.
    • Shatner: Have you ever had a homosexual experience? Maher: No. Why, are you...? But it's early!

  3. Intended for or used by homosexuals, as a nightclub, a bar, etc.

    • A petition drive to close all homosexual establishments in response to an assumed general AIDS contagion was begun in late October, according to The Weekly News of Miami.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. A person who is sexually attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex.

      • It was unheard-of for those of us who are 30-something or older to have had an openly gay role model when we were young. Homosexuals weren't depicted in the media in a positive light, if at all.

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Derived

antihomosexual, Cuomosexual, fauxmosexual, globohomo, Homintern, homocapitalism, Homocaust, homocon, homocrat, homosexless, homosexualisation, homosexualise, homosexualism, homosexualist, homosexuality, homosexualization, homosexualize, homosexually, homosexual marriage, homosexualness, homosexual panic defense, homosexual transsexual, I'm homosexual, nonhomosexual, pseudohomosexual, queerosexual, sinthomosexual, homo

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at homosexual. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01homosexual02sex03sexuality04sexual05sexed06libido07mental08individual09human10homo

A definitional loop anchored at homosexual. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at homosexual

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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