homosexuality

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the same sex

Etymology

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.

In classic literature

Synonyms

homosexualism, homoeroticism, queerness, gayness

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