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semicloseted

semicloseted adjective: partially open about one's sexual orientation, romantic orientation, or gender identity.

Adjective

semicloseted (not comparable)

  1. Partially open about one's sexual orientation, romantic orientation, or gender identity.
    • Glenn Burke was 27 when he walked out on Major League Baseball, his promising career as an outfielder undone mostly by the burden of being a semicloseted gay man.2014 July 14, John Branch, “Posthumous Recognition”, in The New York Times
    • Suffice it to say, this is a passionate subfandom, populated mostly by stans who are LGBTQ+ themselves. The shared belief is that, for whatever reason, Taylor is semi-closeted—a protective business move, perhaps, or maybe a simple desire for privacy.2023 August 31, Frankie de la Cretaz, “Postcard from Camp Gaylore”, in Cosmopolitan

Forms of semicloseted

alternative formsemi-closeted

Origin of semicloseted

From semi- + closeted.

Questions about semicloseted

What does semicloseted mean?
Semicloseted means partially open about one's sexual orientation, romantic orientation, or gender identity.
What part of speech is semicloseted?
Semicloseted is an adjective.

Words near semicloseted in the dictionary

  1. semiclauses
  2. semiclear
  3. semiclerical
  4. semiclonal
  5. semiclosed
  6. semicloseted
  7. semiclosure
  8. semicoagulated
  9. semicoercive
  10. semicoherent
  11. semicoke

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