| NOUN | attribute | queerness, oddity, quirk, quirkiness, crotchet | a strange attitude or habit |
|---|---|---|---|
| act | queerness, homosexuality, homosexualism, homoeroticism, gayness | a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the same sex |
| Meaning | A strange attitude or habit. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | oddity, quirk, quirkiness, crotchet | |
| Broader | unfamiliarity, strangeness | unusualness as a consequence of not being well known |
| Spanish | excentricidad, peculiaridad, peculiar, rareza, singularidad | |
| Catalan | peculiaritat | |
| Adjectives | queer | beyond or deviating from the usual or expected |
| Meaning | A sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the same sex. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | homosexuality, homosexualism, homoeroticism, gayness | |
| Narrower | inversion, sexual inversion | A term formerly used to mean / mean taking on the gender role of the opposite sex |
| lesbianism, sapphism | female homosexuality | |
| pederasty, paederasty | sexual relations between a man and a boy (usually anal intercourse with the boy as a passive partner) | |
| Broader | sexual activity, sexual practice, sex, sex activity | Activities associated with sexual intercourse |
| Spanish | homosexualidad | |
| Catalan | homosexualitat | |
| Adjectives | queer | homosexual or arousing homosexual desires |
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