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homoeroticism

[ hoh-moh-i-rot-uh-siz-uhm ]

noun

  1. the use of symbolism, allusions, situations, etc., involving sexual attraction or activity between people of the same gender in art, literature, drama, or the like:

    Wilde's first novel was attacked for its homoeroticism and decadence.

  2. sexual attraction to people of one's own gender; homosexuality:

    She was not ready to confront her own unexplored homoeroticism.

homoeroticism

/ ˌhəʊməʊˈɛrəˌtɪzəm; ˌhəʊməʊɪˈrɒtɪˌsɪzəm /

noun

  1. eroticism centred on or aroused by persons of one's own sex

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Other Words From

  • ho·mo·e·rot·ic [hoh-moh-i-, rot, -ik], adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of homoeroticism1

First recorded in 1915–20; homo- + eroticism

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Example Sentences

Homoeroticism might be how this particular repressed desire gets expressed, but intimacy is not the same thing as eroticism.

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homoeroticaHomo floresiensis

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