homosexuality
Americannoun
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homosexualities
plural
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sexual desire or behavior directed toward people of one's own sex or gender.
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the state of being sexually attracted only to people of one's own sex or gender.
noun
Usage
Is “homosexuality” offensive? See homosexual.
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Etymology
Origin of homosexuality
Example Sentences
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A story written by World War Two codebreaker Alan Turing suggests he was a man with playful humour embracing his homosexuality, according to new analysis.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
On cases involving abortion and homosexuality in particular, he was given to what Scalia in dissent once called “showy profundities” that “are often profoundly incoherent.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
It was only a few weeks before his death in August 1967 that homosexuality was partially decriminalized in England.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
Likewise, at a time when homosexuality was charged as a crime and classified as a mental illness, plenty of men who loved men married women, and plenty of women who loved women married men.
From Salon ● Jun. 3, 2026
While I don’t suppose that anyone who has devoted much energy to the study of Classics can be very much disturbed by homosexuality, neither am I particularly comfortable with it as it concerns me directly.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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