English > queerness: 2 senses > noun 2, actMeaning | A sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the same sex. |
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Synonyms | homosexuality, homosexualism, homoeroticism, gayness |
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Narrower | inversion, sexual inversion | A term formerly used to mean / mean taking on the gender role of the opposite sex |
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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 |
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Spanish | homosexualidad |
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Catalan | homosexualitat |
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Adjectives | queer | homosexual or arousing homosexual desires |
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