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lesbianism

/lez-bee-uh-niz-uhm/US // ˈlɛz bi əˌnɪz əm //

女同性恋,女同主义,女同性恋者,同性恋主义

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : female sexual desire or behavior directed toward people of the same sex or gender; gay female sexual orientation.

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Examples

  • She doesn’t understand that lesbianism is the bottom line of the women’s movement.

  • In 2012, Sex and the City star Cynthia Nixon caused a stir when she told The New York Times that her lesbianism is a “choice.”

  • In fact, Victoria refused to legislate against lesbianism because she thought it was physically impossible.

  • He has warned of “rampant” lesbianism in Oklahoma public high-school bathrooms.

  • Thus, in the eighteenth century, Casanova remarked that the women of Provence are specially inclined to Lesbianism.