homosexuality

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n. 同性恋 [医] 同性性欲, 同性恋爱

发音

US /ˌhoʊməˌsɛkʃuˈælɪti/
US /ˌhoʊmoʊˌsɛkʃuˈælɪti/
UK /ˌhəʊmə(ʊ)sɛkʃʊˈælɪti/
UK /ˌhəʊmə(ʊ)ˌsɛksjʊˈælɪti/
UK /ˌhɒmə(ʊ)-/

词形变化

homosexualities

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The state of being sexually attracted primarily or exclusively to persons of the same sex, sometimes (potentially offensive) restricted to same-sex attraction between males.

    不可数
  2. 2.

    Sexual activity with a person of the same sex, sometimes (potentially offensive) restricted to same-sex sex between males.

    不可数

词汇关系

名词

同义词 4

gayness homoeroticism homosexualism queerness

上位词 2

sex sexual activity

下位词 6

inversion lesbianism paederasty pederasty sapphism sexual inversion

词源

From homosexual + -ity, equivalent to homo- + sexuality and after the model of German Homosexualität, coined by journalist Karl Maria Kertbeny in 1869, and French homosexualité, attested in 1891.

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