HOMOSEXUALISM

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the same sex

Synonyms:

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("homosexualism" is a kind of...):

sex; sex activity; sexual activity; sexual practice (activities associated with sexual intercourse)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "homosexualism"):

inversion; sexual inversion (a term formerly used to mean taking on the gender role of the opposite sex)

lesbianism; sapphism (female homosexuality)

paederasty; pederasty (sexual relations between a man and a boy (usually anal intercourse with the boy as a passive partner))