sapphism

[saf-iz-uhm]

noun

1. lesbianism.

sapphism

/ ˈsæfɪzəm /

noun

1. a less common word for lesbianism See lesbianism

Other Word Forms

• sapphist noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of sapphism¹

First recorded in 1885–90; Sapph(o) + -ism

Word History and Origins

Origin of sapphism¹

C19: after _Sappho , who is believed to have been a lesbian

Example Sentences

“I also need your word that you will neither judge me nor view my forthcoming confessions as support of harmful notions about the legitimacy of sapphism.”

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Court recently took it upon herself to warn the world that “tennis is full of lesbians”; what’s more, they’re the militant sort, intent on spreading sapphism willy-nilly.

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I might also instance two sisters of the gardener caste, both widows, who 'lived apart' and indulged in simultaneous sapphism.

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