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biness

biness noun: the state or quality of being bi (“bisexual”); bisexualness, bisexuality.

Noun

biness (uncountable)

  1. (slang, uncommon) The state or quality of being bi (“bisexual”); bisexualness, bisexuality.
    • The gay community was forged with the help of Bis. I don't think that gays are unwilling to accept help. However there can be a very high level of intolerance for Bi's who identify bi as opposed to gay. Some gays are simply intolerant and others see proclaiming biness as diluting the issues.1992 March 25, Iseult White, “Re: De-muffining, me too!”, in soc.bi (Usenet)
    • To acknowledge his [Kevin Kumashiro's] biness or queerness means to acknowledge sexuality as fluid, unstable, which also, then, invites an examination of ‘normative’ identities.2016 July, Beth Berila, “Mindfulness as a Healing, Liberatory Practice in Queer Anti-Oppression Pedagogy”, in Social Alternatives, volume 35, number 3, via EBSCOhost, →ISSN, page 9

Forms of biness

alternative formbi-ness

Origin of biness

From bi + -ness.

Questions about biness

What does biness mean?
Biness means the state or quality of being bi (“bisexual”); bisexualness, bisexuality.
What part of speech is biness?
Biness is a noun.

Words near biness in the dictionary

  1. biner
  2. biners
  3. binervate
  4. bines
  5. Bineses
  6. biness
  7. Binet
  8. Binetian
  9. Binette
  10. binettes
  11. bineweed

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