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homoeroticism

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • US: /ˌhoʊ.moʊ.ɪˈɹɑ.tɪˌsɪ.zəm/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

The state or quality of being homoerotic

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: homosexuality, homosexualism, queerness, gayness

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: sexual activity, sexual practice, sex, sex activity

Narrower terms: inversion, sexual inversion, lesbianism, sapphism, pederasty, paederasty

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English homosexualbf. English homo- Proto-Indo-European *h1rem-der. Proto-Indo-European *h1rém-e-tider.? Pre-Greekder.? Ancient Greek ἐράω (eráō) Ancient Greek ἔρως (érōs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek ἐρωτῐκός (erōtĭkós)der. Latin erōticuslbor. French érotiqueder. English erotic English homoerotic Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English homoeroticism From homoerotic + -ism.

Across languages

Translations

13 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: homoerotisme — the state or quality of being homoerotic
  • Chinese Mandarin: 同性性慾 /同性性欲 (tóngxìng xìngyù) — the state or quality of being homoerotic
  • Dutch: homo-erotiek — the state or quality of being homoerotic
  • Finnish: homoerotiikka — the state or quality of being homoerotic
  • French: homoérotisme — the state or quality of being homoerotic
  • Georgian: ჰომოეროტიზმი (homoeroṭizmi) — the state or quality of being homoerotic
  • Ido: homeoerotikeso — the state or quality of being homoerotic
  • Italian: omoerotismo — the state or quality of being homoerotic
  • Portuguese: homoerotismo — the state or quality of being homoerotic
  • Russian: гомоэроти́зм (gomoerotízm) — the state or quality of being homoerotic
  • Russian: гомоэро́тика (gomoerótika) — the state or quality of being homoerotic
  • Spanish: homoerotismo — the state or quality of being homoerotic
  • Swedish: homoerotik — the state or quality of being homoerotic
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