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Etymology
From Greek homo, same + sexuality, from Late Latin sexualitas, sexuality, state of being male or female
Noun
en-noun|pl=homosexualities
- The state of being sexually attracted primarily to persons of the same sex.
- Sexual activity with a person of the same sex.
Usage notes
Homosexuality in women is also known as lesbianism. As homosexuality applies to people of either sex, the expression homosexuality and lesbianism is redundant and is best replaced by homosexuality or lesbianism alone as appropriate. Different cultural constructions of same-sex love are collectively referred to as homosexualities.
Synonyms
gayness (colloquial)
lesbianism (applied only to women)
uranism (rare)
Antonyms
heterosexuality
straightness (slang)
Translations
trans-top|sexual orientation
Afrikaans: homoseksualiteit
trreq|Armenian
Asturian: homosexualidá f
Basque: t|eu|homosexualitate
Breton: heñvelrevelezh
Catalan: homosexualitat f
Chinese: zh-ts|���|��� (tóngxìnglià n)
Czech: homosexualita f
Danish: homoseksualitet c
Dutch: homoseksualiteit f
Esperanto: samseksemo
Finnish: homoseksuaalisuus, homous
French: homosexualité f, vice anglais m (slang)
German: Homosexualität f
Greek: ομο��λο�ιλία f
Hebrew: ����סקס�����ת (homoseksualiot) f
Hungarian: homoszexualitás
Icelandic: samkynhneigð f
Italian: omosessualità f
trans-mid
Japanese: �� (����, d�sei), ��� (������, d�seiai)
Kurdish: homoseksûalîte
Latin: homosexualitas f
Lithuanian: homoseksualumas
Macedonian: �омо�ек��ално�� f
Moldavian: �омо�ек��али�а�е f
Piedmontese: omossessualità f
Polish: homoseksualizm m
Portuguese: t|pt|homossexualidade|f
Romanian: t+|ro|homosexualitate|f
Russian: t|ru|гомо�ек��ал�но���|scCyrl|trgomoseksuál�nost�|f
Scots Gaelic: co-sheòrsachd f, fearas-feise ("masculine coitus") m (slang), banas-feise ("feminine coitus") f (slang)
Sicilian: omosessualità f
Slovak: homosexualita f
Slovene: t+|sl|homoseksualnost|f
Spanish: homosexualidad f
Swedish: homosexualitet c
Turkish: t-|tr|e�cinsellik
trans-bottom
See also
bisexuality
pederasty
Related terms
homosexual
gay
lesbian
GLBT
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