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homocaust

homocaust noun: a systematic persecution of homosexuals, especially the one which occurred in Nazi Germany (the Homocaust), when seen as constituting systematic destruction of them.

Noun

homocaust (plural homocausts)

  1. (rare) A systematic persecution of homosexuals, especially the one which occurred in Nazi Germany (the Homocaust), when seen as constituting systematic destruction of them.
    • However, the empirical basis for these arguments was established as early as 1977 by scholars who refuted the notion of a "homocaust," an idea that had been awarded wide currency by German gay groups in the early 1970s.2005, Dagmar Herzog, Sexuality and German Fascism, →ISBN, page 96
    • To speak of a "final solution" or a "homocaust" for homosexuals is an absurdity that denigrates the homosexual cause.2006, Florence Tamagne, A history of homosexuality in Europe: Berlin, London, Paris, 1919-1939, Algora Publishing, →ISBN, page 397

Proper noun capitalized: Homocaust

Homocaust

  1. (rare) The persecution of homosexuals which occurred in Nazi Germany, when seen as constituting systematic destruction of them.
    • 1991 (English translation), Massimo Consoli (original author), Homocaust: From the Reform of Soviet Codes in 1934 to the Slaughter in Nazi Fields: Persecution of Homosexuals in Russia Under Stalin and in Germany Under Hitler (originally in Italian: 1984, Massimo Consoli, Homocaust: il nazismo e la...
    • Much of lesbian/gay history claims that the Nazis pursued a campaign against homosexual men, similar to the mass murder of Jews, which lead^([sic]) to a Homocaust, the systematic extermination of homosexual men. In an article published in 2002, Jim Steakley, an American activist and historian...2013, Queer Futures: Reconsidering Ethics, Activism, and the Political, →ISBN

Forms of homocaust

pluralhomocausts

Origin of homocaust

Blend of homo + holocaust. See Homocaust.

Blend of homosexual + Holocaust. Possibly coined in 1986 in the pseudoacademic, Holocaust-denial-focused Journal of Historical Review; possibly attested already by the 1970s.

Questions about homocaust

What does homocaust mean?
Homocaust means a systematic persecution of homosexuals, especially the one which occurred in Nazi Germany (the Homocaust), when seen as constituting systematic destruction of them.
What part of speech is homocaust?
Homocaust can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of homocaust?
The plural of homocaust is homocausts.

Words near homocaust in the dictionary

  1. homocarnosine
  2. homocarnosinosis
  3. homocarpic
  4. homocarpous
  5. homocarpy
  6. homocaust
  7. homocausts
  8. homocedastic
  9. homocellular
  10. homocellularly
  11. homocentric

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