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homosexual

homosexual

297 4.3
Sexually attracted to people of the same sex
  • adjective
  • /ˌhoʊməˈsoʊkʌl/
translation icon : homosexual
  • The model for for love is between two human beings, straight or homosexual, doesn't matter.
  • homosexual and bisexual
  • homosexual and heterosexual
  • homosexual behavior

I was poor, I was homosexual, and I loved art.

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Examples

  • My neighbors on the other side are a homosexual couple about my age.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • May I ask, is your husband homosexual?

  • I was poor, I was homosexual, and I loved art.

  • I am and have always been a normal homosexual man who does all the normal things normal homosexual men do.

  • David, are you a homosexual?

  • It's okay to be a homosexual.

  • So the government should not encourage homosexual behaviour by conferring the recognition of marriage?

  • Participants attributed more responsibility, more pleasure, and less trauma to a homosexual victim than to a heterosexual victim.

    Academic text (1999)
  • Respondents who described themselves as homosexual, gay, or lesbian were not asked the ATL or ATG items.

    Academic text (1999)
  • It's okay to be homosexual and love who you want.

Synonyms

gay
vshomosexual
3.5

Attracted to people of the same sex

is limited to sexual attraction rather than relating to or arousing it

Antonyms

101 4.1

Sexually attracted to people of the opposite sex

How Heterosexual

heterosexual
101 4.1
bisexual
76 3.9
homosexual
297 4.3

Surface Forms

homosexual positive
homosexualer comparative
homosexualest superlative

Morphology

homosexual = sexual (transparent) = homo + sexual

Formed by the productive prefix 'homo-' (same) added to 'sexual', so the adjective's meaning is directly recoverable from its parts.

Etymology

Homosexual comes from two parts: homo- meaning 'same' and sexual meaning 'sex'. So, homosexual means being sexually attracted to people of the 'same' sex.