Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Sexual orientation to persons of the same sex.
- noun Sexual activity with another of the same sex.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Perverted sexual desire for one of the same sex.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The state of being sexually and romantically attracted primarily to persons of the same sex.
- noun Sexual activity with a person of the same sex.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the same sex
Etymologies
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Examples
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If, for example, homosexuality is objectively wrong, then it is simply irrelevant that a substantial portion of the human race finds homosexual activity pleasurable and satisfying, and that homosexuality* does no one else any material harm.
The Barefoot Bum 2010
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That was in the mid-1990s, when the term homosexuality was far from ordinary in Chinese people's life.
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Just because the term homosexuality may be modern; the concept was not.
Dallas Methodist bishop to local pastor: Gay is not exactly OK | RELIGION Blog | dallasnews.com 2009
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(It is not generally accepted though that lesbians really exist in the Middle East; perhaps that's why in Persian the word for female homosexuality translates as "same-sex playing".)
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And just who the hell are these "many gays and lesbians today" who think "the term homosexuality is considered inappropriate by many gays and lesbians today"?
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And just who the hell are these "many gays and lesbians today" who think "the term homosexuality is considered inappropriate by many gays and lesbians today"?
Archive 2006-04-01 2006
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The term homosexuality should be limited to the human species, for in animals the investigator can ascertain only motor behavior.
THE MEDICAL NEWS Ileonna Matthews 2010
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The term homosexuality should be limited to the human species, for in animals the investigator can ascertain only motor behavior.
THE MEDICAL NEWS John Lennon 2010
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The term homosexuality should be limited to the human species, for in animals the investigator can ascertain only motor behavior.
THE MEDICAL NEWS Zeigeist2012 2009
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The term homosexuality should be limited to the human species, for in animals the investigator can ascertain only motor behavior.
THE MEDICAL NEWS 2009
chained_bear commented on the word homosexuality
Wow. Why's nobody listing this?
August 5, 2008
whichbe commented on the word homosexuality
Why's nobody listing heterosexuality? Probably because they're both such boring words.
August 5, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word homosexuality
Well, it was in the database. It came up on the random word feature, but no one had it listed. Usually in those cases, it's misspelled, but this isn't. So I adopted it.
Edit: I'm considering making a huge ginormous list of boring words. After all, where would we be without them? (Besides, you know, doing something productive instead of hanging around on Wordie?)
August 5, 2008
mollusque commented on the word homosexuality
Nobody's listed bisexuality either. Ambisextrous on the other hand...
August 5, 2008
hernesheir commented on the word homosexuality
About 8% of sheep exhibit homosexual preference, so says Wikipedia.
February 18, 2010
reesetee commented on the word homosexuality
Yeah, I've seen them hanging around at the bars.
February 18, 2010
Prolagus commented on the word homosexuality
Interesting "Century Dictionary" definition.
March 22, 2010
john commented on the word homosexuality
The Century Dictionary has some fantastic stuff in it, but it was published between 1889 and 1914, and as a result some of its material is archaic and offensive.
March 23, 2010
Prolagus commented on the word homosexuality
Oh I know, I wasn't complaining! Still more acceptable than the average YouTube comment.
March 23, 2010
john commented on the word homosexuality
Ha!
March 23, 2010
sionnach commented on the word homosexuality
Wonders what kind of bars reesetee hangs out at....
March 23, 2010
chained_bear commented on the word homosexuality
Obviously, the ones with gay sheep in them. Duh.
March 23, 2010
reesetee commented on the word homosexuality
Foxes are permitted, but they must show proper ID.
March 24, 2010
ruzuzu commented on the word homosexuality
Is there a different bar for a fox in sheep's clothing?
March 24, 2010
john commented on the word homosexuality
And is there dancing?
March 24, 2010
reesetee commented on the word homosexuality
Always dancing. And the room for foxes in sheep's clothing is upstairs. Extra cover charge.
March 24, 2010
friendbynote commented on the word homosexuality
Beautiful.
March 24, 2010
chained_bear commented on the word homosexuality
Lemme tell ya, in that bar it was Friday night.
(John, that video is adorable!)
March 24, 2010
thtownse commented on the word homosexuality
"Fly, lesbian seagull..."
March 24, 2010
reesetee commented on the word homosexuality
New earworm.... :-)
March 24, 2010
thtownse commented on the word homosexuality
Thanks a lot, century dictionary. Why don't you go discriminate against someone your own size!
October 23, 2010
Prolagus commented on the word homosexuality
March 1, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word homosexuality
A source of amusement?!
What year was this published, Pro?
March 2, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word homosexuality
Surprisingly less than 100 years ago. "Dictionary of Anthropology" by David Davies.
March 2, 2011
reesetee commented on the word homosexuality
Sadly, it's not all that surprising.
March 2, 2011