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faggotism

faggotism noun: homosexuality.

Noun

faggotism (uncountable)

  1. (offensive, vulgar) Homosexuality.
    • In the eyes of most men this was surely a more powerful disincentive to chumming up with him than any inklings of faggotism.1984, Kingsley Amis, Stanley and the Women, page 265

Origin of faggotism

From faggot + -ism.

Questions about faggotism

What does faggotism mean?
Faggotism means homosexuality.
What part of speech is faggotism?
Faggotism is a noun.

Words near faggotism in the dictionary

  1. faggothood
  2. faggotier
  3. faggotiest
  4. faggoting
  5. faggotish
  6. faggotism
  7. faggotization
  8. faggotize
  9. faggotized
  10. faggotizes
  11. faggotizing

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