|
|
Definition of Homoeroticism
1. Noun. A sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the same sex.
Generic synonyms: Sex, Sex Activity, Sexual Activity, Sexual Practice
Specialized synonyms: Inversion, Sexual Inversion, Lesbianism, Sapphism, Paederasty, Pederasty
Derivative terms: Gay, Homoerotic, Homosexual, Queer
Definition of Homoeroticism
1. Noun. The state or quality of being homoerotic ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Homoeroticism
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Homoeroticism
Literary usage of Homoeroticism
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Secreted Desires: The Major Uranians by Michael Matthew Kaylor (2006)
"Recognising that, given the extant biographical and literary evidence, an absolute
avoidance of Hopkins's homoeroticism is no longer possible, ..."
2. Wisdom for the Soul: Five Millennia of Prescriptions for Spiritual Healing by Larry Chang (2006)
"Randy P. Conner ~ Blossom of Bone: Reclaiming the Connections between homoeroticism
and the Sacred, ..."
3. Archaeology of Houses and Households in Ancient Crete by Kevin Glowacki, Natalia Vogeikoff-Brogan (2008)
"... as it has been called, can be connected with the practice of homoeroticism in
ancient Greek society, which made any young (ie, ..."
4. Fifty Poems of Attar by Farid Al-Din Attar (2007)
"homoeroticism in Classical Arabic Literature, New York, Columbia University Press,.
Yarshater, E. (ed.), Persian Literature, Albany (NY), Persian Heritage ..."
Other Resources:
