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Meanings of homosexualism in English

Portuguese
homossexualidade
Catalan
homosexualitat
Spanish
homosexualidad

A sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the same sex.

        homossexualidade
        Synonyms
        Examples for "homosexuality"
        Examples for "homosexuality"
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        Countries that have most recently decriminalised homosexuality included Botswana, Angola and India.
        Reuters
        2
        He's an absolute wrong 'un when it comes to homosexuality as well.
        The South African
        3
        This bill would prevent teachers from teaching about homosexuality in public schools.
        Wired
        4
        China decriminalized homosexuality in 1997, but does still not allow gay marriage.
        Reuters
        5
        Giving minors information about homosexuality has been illegal in Russia since 2013.
        The Guardian
        1
        The queerness of the situation and the reply, made Mrs. Haggert laugh.
        The Works of Rudyard Kipling: One Volume Edition
        2
        The queerness of the situation and the reply, made Mrs. Landys-Haggert laugh.
        Plain Tales from the Hills
        3
        The flash of queerness was accompanied by a sense of irreparable disaster.
        Mary Olivier: a Life
        4
        But that is not the Hawaiian queerness I started out to tell.
        The House of Pride, and Other Tales of Hawaii
        5
        That'd be a way of accounting for your queerness, more or less.
        Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith
        1
        Her good spirits and gayness created a happy mood in the nation.
        Our Legal Heritage: The First Thousand Years: 600 - 1600 / King ...
        2
        The dancers, however, outshone them all in the gayness of their costume.
        Mark Seaworth
        3
        For instance: have you ever noticed how gayness and high intelligence are interlinked?'
        The genesis secret
        4
        There was a gayness and gallantry in that part of it.
        Romance
        5
        It's that shotgun that will have you worried, not his gayness.
        The Guardian
        1
        Commentators have also pointed to traces of homoeroticism in the work.
        The Guardian
        2
        Our next show that we're working on has less masturbation and less teenage homoeroticism.
        The new yorker
        3
        Then perhaps you'll feel that homoeroticism isn't a question of being, but rather of becoming.
        Self's punishment
        4
        There is also some consideration of good-old English homoeroticism.
        The Irish Times
        5
        It was an unforgivable remark; Breton was anxious that he was homosexual, and homoeroticism was firmly forbidden in surrealist dreams.
        The Guardian
        Translations for homosexualism