homosexual
Often Disparaging and Offensive. sexually attracted to people of one's own sex or gender; gay: homosexual couples.
Often Disparaging and Offensive. of or relating to sexual desire or behavior directed toward people of one's own sex or gender.
Archaic. of, relating to, or noting the same sex: She gave birth to homosexual twins.
Often Disparaging and Offensive.
a person, especially a man, who is sexually attracted to people of the same sex or gender.
a person, especially a man, who is sexually attracted exclusively to people of the same sex or gender.
Origin of homosexual
1usage alert For homosexual
Other words from homosexual
- an·ti·ho·mo·sex·u·al, adjective
Words Nearby homosexual
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How to use homosexual in a sentence
homosexual acts come naturally to them, heterosexual acts do not.
The Vatican's Same-Sex Synod: The Bishops Hear About Reality. Do They Listen? | Barbie Latza Nadeau | October 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOkay, but still, “homosexual persons are called to chastity.”
Catholic University’s Harvey Milk Ban Reflects A Church In Transition | Jay Michaelson | October 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASThomosexual conduct between consenting adults is legal in Turkey, but far from accepted.
In March 2009, Lively arrived in Uganda to headline the “Seminar on Exposing the homosexual Agenda.”
Stanley Kauffman in the Times complained of “homosexual Drama and Its Disguises.”
How Gossip Became History: Eminent Outlaws by Christopher Bram | Brad Gooch | January 29, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
homosexual intimacies between girls are far more often platonic than similar intimacies between boys.
The Sexual Life of the Child | Albert Mollhomosexual Eros has a different finality than heterosexual Eros.
The Civilization of Illiteracy | Mihai Nadinhomosexual choice of object is originally more natural to narcism than the heterosexual.
A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis | Sigmund Freudhomosexual love has played a much greater part in the world's history than is generally believed.
The Sexual Question | August Forelhomosexual practices everywhere flourish and abound in prisons.
Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 (of 6) | Havelock Ellis
British Dictionary definitions for homosexual
/ (ˌhəʊməʊˈsɛksjʊəl, ˌhɒm-) /
a person who is sexually attracted to members of the same sex
of or relating to homosexuals or homosexuality
of or relating to the same sex
- Compare heterosexual
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