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homoeroticism
[ hoh-moh-i-rot-uh-siz-uhm ]
noun
- the use of symbolism, allusions, situations, etc., involving sexual attraction or activity between people of the same gender in art, literature, drama, or the like:
Wilde's first novel was attacked for its homoeroticism and decadence.
- sexual attraction to people of one's own gender; homosexuality:
She was not ready to confront her own unexplored homoeroticism.
homoeroticism
/ ˌhəʊməʊɪˈrɒtɪˌsɪzəm; ˌhəʊməʊˈɛrəˌtɪzəm /
noun
- eroticism centred on or aroused by persons of one's own sex
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Other Words From
- ho·mo·e·rot·ic [hoh-moh-i-, rot, -ik], adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of homoeroticism1
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Example Sentences
Yes, it’s a silly, sexist joke, but there is undoubtedly subtle homoeroticism at play.
Native Cameroonians practiced homoeroticism, with men being allowed to have consensual sex with other men.
Homoeroticism might be how this particular repressed desire gets expressed, but intimacy is not the same thing as eroticism.
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