homoerotism

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

ho·mo·e·rot·i·cism

[hoh-moh-i-rot-uh-siz-uhm]
noun
a tendency to be sexually aroused by a member of the same sex.
Also, ho·mo·er·o·tism [hoh-moh-er-uh-tiz-uhm] .


Origin:
1915–20; homo- + eroticism

ho·mo·e·rot·ic [hoh-moh-i-rot-ik] , adjective
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Homoerotism is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
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homoeroticism or homoerotism (ˌhəʊməʊɪˈrɒtɪˌsɪzəm, ˌhəʊməʊˈɛrəˌtɪzəm)
 
n
eroticism centred on or aroused by persons of one's own sex
 
homoerotism or homoerotism
 
n

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