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homosexualist

homosexualist is the alternative form of homosexual.

Meaning of homosexual

Noun

homosexual (plural homosexuals)

  1. (typically formal, distancing or dated) A person who is sexually attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex.
    • It must not be understood that homosexuality is confined to women. Relationships of this type exist also among men, and in taki-taki are to be found words which are specific designations for male homosexuals, who are termed hantimąn, or awɛge.1936, Melville J. Herskovits, Frances S. Herskovits, Suriname folk-lore, New York: Columbia University Press, page 32
    Synonyms:
    This section is divided into two tables, one containing synonyms that generally are not derogatory and one containing those that generally are. However, note that the non-derogatory terms can nonetheless be used derogatorily, and that some of the derogatory ones are often used humorously and non-derogatorily by gay people and others, of either sex* gay, invert, queer, same-sexer, only of men* company man, Uranian

See all 4 meanings of homosexual

Forms of homosexualist

pluralhomosexualists

Origin of homosexualist

From homosexual + -ist.

Questions about homosexualist

What is homosexualist the alternative form of?
Homosexualist is the alternative form of homosexual.

Words near homosexualist in the dictionary

  1. homosexualise
  2. homosexualised
  3. homosexualises
  4. homosexualising
  5. homosexualism
  6. homosexualist
  7. homosexualists
  8. homosexualities
  9. homosexuality
  10. homosexualization
  11. homosexualizations

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