homosexualism
homosexualism noun: homosexuality, the state of being homosexual.
Noun
homosexualism (uncountable)
- Homosexuality, the state of being homosexual.
- If we take the case of the person with the genitalia of one sex who nevertheless tries to imitate the sexual behavior of the opposite sex, we come upon the fairly frequent phenomenon of homosexualism, […]1949, George Kingsley Zipf, Human Behavior and the Principle of Least Effort
- Similar behavior is noted in unconscious homosexualism. The nearness of a person of the same sex may cause anxiety. This is guarded against by taking precautions that the body is not touched in any way suggestive of familiarity.1953, Ellis Arthur Stephens, Lawless youth
- A purported ideology behind (and promoting) homosexuality; gayness viewed as an ideology rather than a sexual orientation.
- I agree with Christopher Wolfe's assessment of the social danger of the ideology of homosexualism : "The most significant harm of legitimizing active homosexuality — the way it would harm the family most — would be the educative[…]2000, Christopher Wolfe, Same-sex Matters: The Challenge of Homosexuality, Spence Pub
- The Church is mounting an antimodernist defense against the assault from the Western “ideology of homosexualism” (sic) whereby the issue is being relocated from the field of human rights to the sphere of moralism.2015 August 26, Religious and Sexual Nationalisms in Central and Eastern Europe: Gods, Gays and Governments, BRILL, →ISBN, page 56
- Synonyms:
- gayism
Examples of homosexualism in a sentence
- This probably reflects the platform's eager support for homosexualism (“gay rights”), since the statistics compiled by the U.S.2017 September 26, Stephen M. Krason, Catholicism and American Political Ideologies: Catholic Social Teaching, Liberalism, and...
- Marxism, feminism, homosexualism, and environmentalism are the most common.2018 April 24, Paul Gottfried, Theologies and Moral Concern, Routledge, →ISBN:
Synonyms of homosexualism
Origin of homosexualism
From homosexual + -ism.
Words formed from homosexualism
Questions about homosexualism
- What does homosexualism mean?
- Homosexualism means homosexuality, the state of being homosexual.
- How do you use homosexualism in a sentence?
- This probably reflects the platform's eager support for homosexualism (“gay rights”), since the statistics compiled by the U.S.
- What part of speech is homosexualism?
- Homosexualism is a noun.
Words near homosexualism in the dictionary
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