homosexuality

Study(1)

/ˌhoʊməˌsɛkʃuˈælɪti/

noun 2

Collocations

ADJ.

against, great, immoral, islamic, taboo, teenage, wrong

VERB + HOMOSEXUALITY

decriminalized, embraced, legalized, question, say, struggled, struggling

HOMOSEXUALITY + NOUN

sin, stalin

PREP.

about, in, into, with, with

ADV.

morally

Definitions

noun

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.

Great diminution or complete absence of sexual feeling for the opposite sex, with substitution of sexual feeling and instinct for the same sex. (Homo-sexuality, or contrary sexual instinct).

Some of the experts have gone into the question of homosexuality with great care, and advanced sundry learned and scientific theories in regard to that abnormal condition.

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

Bourneville believes that 75 per cent. of the inmates of the Parisian venereal hospitals have practised homosexuality.

A Prussian proposal for a harsh penal code made male homosexuality an even more serious crime.

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noun — a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of

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Great diminution or complete absence of sexual feeling for the opposite sex, with substitution of sexual feeling and instinct for the same sex. (Homo-sexuality, or contrary sexual instinct).

Wiktionary

Some of the experts have gone into the question of homosexuality with great care, and advanced sundry learned and scientific theories in regard to that abnormal condition.

Wiktionary

Of the dozen or so surviving articles, squibs, and letters to the editor, the most remarkable appeared in the Whip and Satirist’s February 12, 1842, issue, and disclosed the existence of a cabal of ga

Wiktionary

This TV show tackles issues of teenage pregnancy and homosexuality.

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There were a lot of writings about homosexuality.

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Sami has been struggling with his homosexuality.

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