different between homosexuality vs antigay
homosexuality
English
Etymology
From homosexual +? -ity or homo- +? sexuality
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -æl?ti
Noun
homosexuality (usually uncountable, plural homosexualities)
- The state of being sexually attracted primarily or exclusively to persons of the same sex.
- Sexual activity with a person of the same sex.
Usage notes
Homosexuality in women is also known as lesbianism. As homosexuality applies to people of either sex, the expression homosexuality and lesbianism is redundant and is best replaced by homosexuality or lesbianism alone as appropriate. Different cultural constructions of same-sex love are collectively referred to as homosexualities.
Synonyms
- gayness
- homosexualism
- lesbianism (applied only to women)
- uranism (obsolete)
- urningism (obsolete)
Antonyms
- heterosexuality
- straightness (slang)
Hypernyms
- queerness
Coordinate terms
- (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)
Related terms
- homosexual
- homoromanticism
- homoflexibility
Translations
See also
- LGBT, GLBT
- gay
- lesbian
homosexuality From the web:
antigay
English
Adjective
antigay (comparative more antigay, superlative most antigay)
- Alternative form of anti-gay
Anagrams
- yatigan
Portuguese
Etymology
From anti- +? gay.
Adjective
antigay (invariable, comparable)
- anti-gay (against or opposed to gay people, or to rights for gay people)
antigay From the web:
- what does anti gay stand for
- what rhymes with antigay
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