different between homosexual vs brokeback

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Homosexual, from homo- (“same”) + sexual (“relating to sex or sexuality”), coined by Karl-Maria Kertbeny in 1869, and popularized in Richard von Krafft-Ebing's 1886 Psychopathia Sexualis (in German) and Charles Gilbert Chaddock's 1892 English translation thereof (compare bisexual), displacing the slightly older term Uranian. Equivalent to homo- +? -sexual.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation):
  • IPA^(key): /?h?m???s?ksju??l/, /?h?m???s?k?u??l/
  • IPA^(key): /?h??m???s?ksju??l/, /?h??m???s?k?u??l/
• (US):
  • enPR: h?'m?-s?k?sho?o-?l, h?'m?-s?k?sho?o-?l, IPA^(key): /?ho?m??s?k?u??l/, /?ho?mo??s?k?u??l/

Adjective

homosexual (comparative more homosexual, superlative most homosexual)

1. (of a person or animal) Sexually (and/or romantically) attracted to members of the same sex, for example, like a man who is attracted to men or a woman who is attracted to women. (Sometimes used in the sense of sole/exclusive attraction.)
2. (of a romantic or sexual act or relationship) Between two people of the same sex; gay.

   My sister is currently in a homosexual relationship with a girl in her class.

   homosexual acts, a homosexual kiss

3. Intended for or used by homosexuals, as a nightclub, a bar, etc.

Usage notes

• Many style guides and many gay people recommend against the use of the word "homosexual" because of its clinical and sometimes pejorative connotations, preferring the terms gay and (for women) lesbian, and relationship descriptors like "same-sex relationship". Many consider it particularly pejorative when it is used as a noun, and prefer "gay man", "gay woman" (or "lesbian").
• The first part of the word derives from the Greek word for "same", which is traditionally pronounced /?h?m??/, unlike the Latin word homo (“man, human being”), which is pronounced /?h??m??/ (RP). However, it is much more common to pronounce the first vowel as /??/ (RP) / /o?/ (US) than as /?/.

Synonyms

• (all senses): gay, lesbian (used only of women)
• (attracted to members of the same sex): See Thesaurus:homosexual
• (between people of the same sex): same-sex

Antonyms

• heterosexual, straight, See also Thesaurus:heterosexual

Hyponyms

• heteroflexible
• homoflexible

Coordinate terms

• (of humans): (sexual orientations) sexual orientation; asexual (-ity, ace), bisexual (-ity, bi), demisexual (-ity, demi), graysexual (-ity), heterosexual (-ity, straight), homosexual (-ity, gay, lesbian), omnisexual (-ity), pansexual (-ity, pan), plurisexual (-ity), polysexual (-ity), robosexual (-ity), sapiosexual (-ity), androsexual (-ity), gynesexual (-ity) ^{(Category: en:Sexual orientations)}
• (of humans): bi, hetero
• (of humans): homoromantic

Translations

Noun

homosexual (plural homosexuals)

1. A person who is sexually attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex.
   • 1963, John Rechy, City of Night (page 48)

     Soon, we got up, walked around the west side — toward the "meat rack" — the gay part of the park. There, it was as if someone had hung a line of marionettes on the railing: the lonesome young homosexuals, legs dangling, looking, waiting for that one-night's sexual connection...

   • 1997, The Advocate (number 742, page 9)

     It was unheard-of for those of us who are 30-something or older to have had an openly gay role model when we were young. Homosexuals weren't depicted in the media in a positive light, if at all.

Usage notes

• Many style guides and gay people advise against the use of "homosexual" as a noun; see the usage notes above.

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.

Translations

Derived terms

• homosexually
• homosexuality
• homosexualism
• homosexualize
• homosexualization

References

Basque

Adjective

homosexual (not comparable)

1. homosexual

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /o.mo.s?k.su?al/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /u.mu.s?k.su?al/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /o.mo.sek.su?al/

Adjective

homosexual (masculine and feminine plural homosexuals)

1. homosexual

Noun

homosexual m or f (plural homosexuals)

1. homosexual

Related terms

• homosexualitat

Galician

Etymology

homo- +? sexual

Adjective

homosexual m or f (plural homosexuais)

1. homosexual

   O comportamento homosexual obsérvase con frecuencia entre os mamíferos.

   Homosexual behaviour is frequently observed among mammals.

Noun

homosexual m or f (plural homosexuais)

1. homosexual

Antonyms

• heterosexual

Related terms

• homosexualidade
• maricón (pejorative)
• homofobia

Romanian

Etymology

French homosexuel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ho.mo.sek.su?al/

Adjective

homosexual m or n (feminine singular homosexual?, masculine plural homosexuali, feminine and neuter plural homosexuale)

1. homosexual

   În lumea animal? se observ? comportamentul homosexual relativ frecvent la mamifere ?i la p?s?ri

   In the animal world, homosexual behaviour is observed relatively frequent in mammals and birds.

Declension

Noun

homosexual m (plural homosexuali, feminine equivalent homosexual?)

1. homosexual

Declension

Related terms

• homosexualitate
• gay
• lesbian / lesbian?
• poponar (pejorative)
• bulangiu (pejorative)

Spanish

Etymology

homo- +? sexual

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

homosexual (plural homosexuales)

1. homosexual

Noun

homosexual m or f (plural homosexuales)

1. homosexual

   Antonym: heterosexual

Related terms

• homosexualidad
• maricón (pejorative)
• homofobia

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

break +? back; first used for "hunchback" in Carson McCullers' 1943 novella The Ballad of the Sad Café.

Adjective

brokeback (not comparable)

1. (rare) Hunchbacked.

   Damn those brokeback tramps making a mess of our city.

2. (rare) Broken; derelict.

   The brokeback bridges in the hills sadden me: this place used to be beautiful.

   • 2007, Charles Stross, Halting State (?ISBN), page 134:

     There will be underground rivers, vast and wide, and huge cavernous killing zones with mist-wreathed stalagmite islands and waterfalls thundering into the subterranean depths — and stepping-stones and brokeback bridges to traverse under ...

   • 2014, James W. Hall, The Big Finish: A Thorn Novel (?ISBN):

     As he drove Webb looked out at the brokeback houses, the ancient cars rusting in dirt driveways. At the ruined furniture in the weeds and ruptured refrigerators and stoves lying on their sides in the front yards. Disgraceful how they lived ...

Translations

Etymology 2

From the title of Annie Proulx's 1997 short story "Brokeback Mountain"; popularised by the 2005 film of the same name.

Adjective

brokeback (not comparable)

1. (slang, neologism) Homoerotic; homosexual, gay.

   I don't really think Frodo and Sam were gay, even if a couple of the scenes seemed a little brokeback to me.

Alternative forms

• Brokeback

Translations