homoeroticism

[hoh-moh-i-rot-uh-siz-uh m]

noun

a tendency to be sexually aroused by a member of the same sex.

Also ho·mo·er·o·tism

[hoh-moh-er-uh-tiz-uh m] /ˌhoʊ moʊˈɛr əˌtɪz əm/.

Origin of homoeroticism

First recorded in 1915–20; homo- + eroticism

Related formsho·mo·e·rot·ic

[hoh-moh-i-rot-ik] /ˌhoʊ moʊ ɪˈrɒt ɪk/, adjective

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Examples from the Web for homoeroticism

Contemporary Examples of homoeroticism

Homoeroticism might be how this particular repressed desire gets expressed, but intimacy is not the same thing as eroticism.
What Don't Ask, Don't Tell Protects
Brendan Tapley
December 4, 2010

British Dictionary definitions for homoeroticism

homoeroticism

homoerotism (ˌhəʊməʊˈɛrəˌtɪzəm)

noun

eroticism centred on or aroused by persons of one's own sex

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