homosexuality
[hoh-muh-sek-shoo-al-i-tee, or, esp. British, -seks-yoo-]
- sexual desire or behavior directed toward a person or persons of one's own sex.
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Origin of homosexuality
Usage note
See homosexual.
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Examples from the Web for homosexuality
Contemporary Examples
“Homosexuality” was as much an act as an identity—as it still is today in some quarters of the Christian Right.
In October, it will host a conference in Nashville on “The Gospel, Homosexuality and the Future of Marriage.”
Homosexuality is present in all cultures, and has been present in all cultures throughout recorded human history.
Homosexuality is just as dangerous as cigarettes, so why not try to end it—with a tobacco company-style lawsuit?
Homosexuality must be curable, it argues, since the Torah would not forbid something which is impossible to avoid.
Historical Examples
Homosexuality, in Greek life, 85;practice of Rosicrucians, 84.
The Sex Worship and Symbolism of Primitive RacesSanger Brown, II
Homosexuality is a romantic cult rather than a physical vice.
An Outline of Sexual MoralityKenneth Ingram
Homosexuality was, of course, known before they came, but they made it honorable.
Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 (of 6)Havelock Ellis
Homosexuality of all kinds flourished, it will be seen, notwithstanding the fearless yet fair application of a very severe law.
Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 (of 6)Havelock Ellis
Homosexuality in English schools has already been briefly referred to in chapter iii.
Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 (of 6)Havelock Ellis
homosexuality
- sexual attraction to or sexual relations with members of the same sexCompare heterosexuality
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Word Origin and History for homosexuality
n.
1892; see homosexual + -ity.
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
homosexuality
(hō′mə-sĕk′shōō-ăl′ĭ-tē, -mō-)- Sexual orientation to persons of the same sex.
- Sexual activity with another of the same sex.
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The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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homosexuality
A sexual attraction between persons of the same sex. (See gay and lesbian; compare heterosexuality.)
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The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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