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homosexual

/hoh-muh-sek-shoo-uhl or, especially British, -seks-yoo-/US // ˌhoʊ məˈsɛk ʃu əl or, especially British, -ˈsɛks yu- //UK // (ˌhəʊməʊˈsɛksjʊəl, ˌhɒm-) //

同性恋,同性恋者,同性戀,同性爱

Related Words

lesbian女同性恋者,女同性恋,女同,女同志homoerotic同性恋,同性恋者,同性戀,同性恋queer蹊跷,蹊跷的,奇特的,诡异的gay男同性恋者,男同性恋,同同性恋,同同性恋者homophile同性恋者,同性恋,嗜食者,嗜血

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : Often Disparaging and Offensive. sexually attracted to people of one's own sex or gender; gay: homosexual couples.
    • : Often Disparaging and Offensive. of or relating to sexual desire or behavior directed toward people of one's own sex or gender: the homosexual subculture.
    • : Archaic. of, relating to, or noting the same sex: to give birth to homosexual twins.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Often Disparaging and Offensive. a person, especially a male, who is sexually attracted to people of the same sex or gender.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.one who is attracted to persons of one's own sex
Synonyms
gay男同性恋者,男同性恋,同同性恋,同同性恋者lesbian女同性恋者,女同性恋,女同,女同志queer蹊跷,蹊跷的,奇特的,诡异的
adj.sexually attracted to the same sex
Synonyms
homoerotic同性恋,同性恋者,同性戀,同性恋lesbian女同性恋者,女同性恋,女同,女同志gay男同性恋者,男同性恋,同同性恋,同同性恋者homophile同性恋者,同性恋,嗜食者,嗜血

Examples

  • Immanuel Christian School doesn’t just have policies excluding LGBTQ people, but declares in its employment application “homosexual acts and lifestyles are clearly perversion and reprehensible in the sight of God.”

  • The students implicated in the affair were called in one by one and accused of participating in homosexual activities before being expelled.

  • The confinement somehow helped me to stay away from society that did not tire of making me feel bad about my obvious homosexual condition in much of my youth.

  • I am talking about the 80s, when things were seen from a very different point of view and to be homosexual in that time was the worst.

  • In 1969, homosexual acts were illegal in every state except Illinois.

  • Homosexual acts come naturally to them, heterosexual acts do not.

  • Okay, but still, “Homosexual persons are called to chastity.”

  • Homosexual conduct between consenting adults is legal in Turkey, but far from accepted.

  • In March 2009, Lively arrived in Uganda to headline the “Seminar on Exposing the Homosexual Agenda.”

  • Stanley Kauffman in the Times complained of “Homosexual Drama and Its Disguises.”

  • Homosexual intimacies between girls are far more often platonic than similar intimacies between boys.

  • Homosexual Eros has a different finality than heterosexual Eros.

  • Homosexual choice of object is originally more natural to narcism than the heterosexual.

  • Homosexual love has played a much greater part in the world's history than is generally believed.

  • Homosexual practices everywhere flourish and abound in prisons.

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