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lesbianism
[ lez-bee-uh-niz-uhm ]
noun
- female sexual desire or behavior directed toward people of the same sex or gender; gay female sexual orientation.
- (of a woman) the state of being sexually attracted only to people of the same sex or gender.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of lesbianism1
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Example Sentences
She doesn’t understand that lesbianism is the bottom line of the women’s movement.
In 2012, Sex and the City star Cynthia Nixon caused a stir when she told The New York Times that her lesbianism is a “choice.”
In fact, Victoria refused to legislate against lesbianism because she thought it was physically impossible.
He has warned of “rampant” lesbianism in Oklahoma public high-school bathrooms.
Thus, in the eighteenth century, Casanova remarked that the women of Provence are specially inclined to Lesbianism.
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