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closetiness

closetiness noun: the fact of being closety; reticence or secrecy about one's homosexuality.

Noun

closetiness (uncountable)

  1. The fact of being closety; reticence or secrecy about one's homosexuality.
    • The admitted ("committed" or "overt") homosexual is far more exotic, controversial and threatening to the traditional psychoanalyst than one who exhibits the more familiar ego-dystonicity, however severe, even if that dystonicity is arguably cultural in origin. Closetyness can be tolerated in a way...1979 August 11, Lawrence Mass, “Psychiatry on Trial”, in Gay Community News, volume 7, number 4, page 8

Origin of closetiness

From closety + -ness.

Questions about closetiness

What does closetiness mean?
Closetiness means the fact of being closety; reticence or secrecy about one's homosexuality.
What part of speech is closetiness?
Closetiness is a noun.

Words near closetiness in the dictionary

  1. closetedness
  2. closetful
  3. closetfuls
  4. Closetgate
  5. closeth
  6. closetiness
  7. closeting
  8. closetings
  9. closetkeeper
  10. closetkeepers
  11. closetlike

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