homosexuality

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Noun

homosexuality (uncountable)

1. The state of being sexually attracted primarily or exclusively to persons of the same sex.
2. Sexual activity with a person of the same sex.

Synonyms

• gayness
• homosexualism
• lesbianism (applied only to women)
• uranism (obsolete)

Antonyms

• heterosexuality
• straightness (slang)

Related terms

• homosexual
• homoromanticism
• homoflexibility

Translations

• French: homosexualité
• German: Homosexualität
• Italian: omosessualità
• Portuguese: homossexualidade, homossexualismo
• Russian: гомосексуа́льность
• Spanish: homosexualidad, homosexualismo

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