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homocausts

homocausts is the plural of homocaust.

Meaning of homocaust

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

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Questions about homocausts

What is homocausts the plural of?
Homocausts is the plural of homocaust.

Words near homocausts in the dictionary

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

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