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gayism

gayism noun: homosexuality.

Noun

gayism (uncountable)

  1. (rare) Homosexuality.
    • Here the Bible appears to directly address only the subject of male homosexuality: gayism versus lesbianism. On the latter, the Bible appears to be silent.1992, Eustace A. Dixon, Gospel music: vocal cords and related issues, page 175
    • Out at the front were some of the young groom's mates, and one dropped off the lead to whisper to me. 'Are you a friendly boy?' 'Sorry?' 'A friendly boy?' He leaned closer. 'Are you interested in gayism?'1999, Kevin Rushby, Chasing the mountain of light, page 200
  2. (derogatory) A purported ideology behind (and promoting) homosexuality.
    • To succeed in its argument, it is necessary that gayism denies that the cause of being gay is reasonable, intelligible and comprehensible. If one is gay not because of any choice but because one is born into the sexual orientation,[…](Can we date this quote?), Marius Nel, LGBTIQ + people and Pentecostals: An African Pentecostal hermeneutic perspective, LIT Verlag Münster, →ISBN, page 294
    • This is the condition you need before you can be bold enough to speak against gayism. Be sexually refined before you speak against homosexuality. Everyone should be sexually righteous. By this, your eyes must be refined of sexual[…]2020 December 11, Tella Olayeri, Deliverance from Spirit of Dog, GOD'S LINK VENTURES
  3. (uncommon) Discrimination against gay people; hostility toward gay people.
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:gayism.

Synonyms of gayism

Origin of gayism

From gay + -ism. The formation of sense 2 is similar to e.g. transgenderism; the formation of sense 3, "discrimination based on gayness", is similar to e.g. sexism being discrimination based on sex or racism being discrimination based on race.

Questions about gayism

What does gayism mean?
Gayism means homosexuality.
What part of speech is gayism?
Gayism is a noun.

Words near gayism in the dictionary

  1. gayify
  2. gayifying
  3. gaying
  4. gaying up
  5. gayish
  6. gayism
  7. gayization
  8. Gayla
  9. gayle
  10. Gayler
  11. Gaylers

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