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Definition of Homosexualism
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 Homosexualism
1. Noun. A sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) individuals of the same sex. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Homosexualism
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Literary usage of Homosexualism
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Psychoanalysis and Love by André Tridon (1922)
"homosexualism can be best understood when viewed as a neurotic ... homosexualism
cannot be understood unless we associate it with a denial of life and all ..."
2. The Erotic Motive in Literature by Albert Mordell (1919)
"The sublimated homosexualism which we find in literature is that which ...
A few examples of literature where the homosexualism of the author's unconscious ..."
3. The Social Philosophy of Instinct by Charles Conant Josey (1922)
"The prevalence of homosexualism in Sparta likewise was beyond doubt ... However much
one may be inclined to criticise this interpretation of homosexualism, ..."
4. The Intermediate Sex: A Study of Some Transitional Types of Men and Women by Edward Carpenter (1912)
"I learned of the theories and facts of homosexualism, of the Uranian Love, of
the Uranian race, of the 'Sex within a Sex.' ... I came to know their enormous ..."
5. Psychoanalysis and behavior by André Tridon (1920)
"When for instance the nature of homosexualism, its involuntary character and the
... His discussion of homosexualism in "Leonardo da Vinci" is the least ..."
6. Public Scandals: Sexual Orientation and Criminal Law in Romania : a Report by Human Rights Watch (Organization), Human Rights Watch (Organization (1998)
"... or "sexual inhibitions owing to fixation on a perverse stage, or owing to a
complex homosexualism."194 One suspect showed: "Defensive attitude . ..."
7. Transactions of the Section on Preventive Medicine and Public Health of the by American Medical Association Section on Preventive Medicine and Public Health, American Medical Association (1910)
"... hypochondriacal conditions; a number of sexual perversions, fetichism, sadism,
masochism, psychic impotence, homosexualism and vaginismus. ..."
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