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    HOMOSEXUALISM

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the same sexplay

    Synonyms:

    gayness; homoeroticism; homosexualism; homosexuality; queerness

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting acts or actions

    Hypernyms ("homosexualism" is a kind of...):

    sex; sex activity; sexual activity; sexual practice (activities associated with sexual intercourse)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "homosexualism"):

    inversion; sexual inversion (a term formerly used to mean taking on the gender role of the opposite sex)

    lesbianism; sapphism (female homosexuality)

    paederasty; pederasty (sexual relations between a man and a boy (usually anal intercourse with the boy as a passive partner))

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