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homohysteria

homohysteria noun: a cultural aversion to being perceived as homosexual (thus causing men to avoid stereotypically gay behaviours).

Noun

homohysteria (uncountable)

  1. A cultural aversion to being perceived as homosexual (thus causing men to avoid stereotypically gay behaviours).
    • Men have been taught to avoid behaviors that get them labeled as "gay," a phenomenon called homohysteria. To make friends, however, men must transcend homohysteria. For example, Billy reached out to a friend he hadn't spoken to in a while, Rory, only to realize Rory moved to Vienna while enduring a...2021 April 30, Marisa G. Franco, “How Men Can Make Friends”, in Psychology Today, New York, N.Y.: Sussex Publishers, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 Jun 2023

Origin of homohysteria

From homo- (“pertaining to homosexuality”) + hysteria.

Questions about homohysteria

What does homohysteria mean?
Homohysteria means a cultural aversion to being perceived as homosexual (thus causing men to avoid stereotypically gay behaviours).
What part of speech is homohysteria?
Homohysteria is a noun.

Words near homohysteria in the dictionary

  1. homoheptameric
  2. homoheptamers
  3. homohexamer
  4. homohexameric
  5. homohexamers
  6. homohysteria
  7. homohysteric
  8. homohysterical
  9. homoi-
  10. Homoian
  11. Homoianism

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