uranism

British

/ ˈjʊərænɪzəm /

noun

a rare word for (esp male) homosexuality

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Etymology

Origin of uranism

C20: from German Uranismus, from Greek ouranios heavenly, i.e. spiritual; compare _Uranian (sense 5)

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Then, after exploring, for the sake of greater tolerance toward three in every hundred of his fellows, the chapter on "urnings" and "uranism" �in which the four long letters, invented or not, are as remarkable as anything that will be published this year�let the reader attend a chapter which may mightily shock and profit parents teachers, preachers, public officials and alleged adults of every sort� the chapter on "Adult Infantilism In a Nation, In an Individual, In Literature."

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