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homophilia

homophilia noun: homosexuality.

Noun

homophilia (uncountable)

  1. (dated) Homosexuality.
    • The relative balance of homophilia and heterophilia defines sexual orientation, and bisexuals would be those individuals possessing high levels of each.1993, Mark R. Rosenzweig, Lyman W. Porter, Annual Review of Psychology, volume 44, page 369

Origin of homophilia

From homo- + -philia.

Questions about homophilia

What does homophilia mean?
Homophilia means homosexuality.
What part of speech is homophilia?
Homophilia is a noun.

Words near homophilia in the dictionary

  1. homophenylalanine
  2. homophenylalanyl
  3. homophil
  4. homophile
  5. homophiles
  6. homophilia
  7. homophilic
  8. homophilically
  9. homophilous
  10. homophils
  11. homophily

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