Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Sexual orientation to persons of the same sex.
- n. Sexual activity with another of the same sex.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Perverted sexual desire for one of the same sex.
Wiktionary
- n. The state of being sexually and romantically attracted primarily to persons of the same sex.
- n. Sexual activity with a person of the same sex.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the same sex
Etymologies
- homosexual + -ity. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“If, for example, homosexuality is objectively wrong, then it is simply irrelevant that a substantial portion of the human race finds homosexual activity pleasurable and satisfying, and that homosexuality* does no one else any material harm.”
“That was in the mid-1990s, when the term homosexuality was far from ordinary in Chinese people's life.”
“Just because the term homosexuality may be modern; the concept was not.”
Dallas Methodist bishop to local pastor: Gay is not exactly OK | RELIGION Blog | dallasnews.com
“(It is not generally accepted though that lesbians really exist in the Middle East; perhaps that's why in Persian the word for female homosexuality translates as "same-sex playing".)”
“And just who the hell are these "many gays and lesbians today" who think "the term homosexuality is considered inappropriate by many gays and lesbians today"?”
“The term homosexuality should be limited to the human species, for in animals the investigator can ascertain only motor behavior.”
“India's health minister is backtracking from statements he made earlier this week, in which he called homosexuality a disease.”
Voice of America: India Health Minister Clarifies 'Homosexuality is a Disease' Comments
“And notice that, if you intend this general statement to allow for exceptions, then it no longer provides support for the earlier thesis in dispute (viz. that it makes an important difference whether homosexuality is a choice).”
The Volokh Conspiracy » Add Bad Ethics to the Problems of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”?
“In September, The Landmark published an interview with Helms in which he called homosexuality "a perversion and a crime.”
The Huffington Post: Top McCain Advisor Learned Slime Tactics From Jesse Helms
“Paul is not talking about what we call homosexuality at all," Elliott says.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘homosexuality’.
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Seven-syllable English Words
A list of English words containing seven syllables, beginning, somewhat ironically, with inapplicability, since a fair number of these words one would never use.
I'm tagging all words ...inapplicability, unsatisfactorily, heterogeneity, disintermediation, antiglobalization, telecommunication, interdisciplinary, meteorological, socioeconomic, intelligibility, autobiographical, industrialization and 423 more...
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Open List: Sheepishness
Everything sheep, from Artiodactyla to zodiac.
lanolin, ram, ewe, Artiodactyla, even-toed ungulate, ruminant, Ovis aries, ovine, domestic, domesticated, neotenic, mouflon and 426 more...
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Disturbing definitions from the Centu...
Although the Century Dictionary has some exquisite definitions which exhibit attention to scientific detail and respect for terms, ideas, and technology that might otherwise be forgotten, this wind...
cockshy, homosexuality, niggard, sodomy, Creole, promiscuity, savage, ass, hamfatter, ill-gendered, madras, hydrencephalocele and 22 more...
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• Bilinguology (with both Latin and G...
English (dictionary*) words with both Latin and Greek components.
"Bilinguology" is not one of those words.
*I love madeupical word, but this list is adopted from angharad and I ...mammalogy, neonatology, television, bicycle, polyamory, actuopalynology, puberphonia, petrophile, anodyspareunia, monolingual, apiology, pulmonologist and 1 more...
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Resident Pipsiculturalist Makes Huge ...
See comments on pipsiculture and homosexuality, which have nothing to do with each other except that I read comments on them at around the same time on the same day.
See also the list ...heterosexuality, homosexuality, agriculture, argumentative, that, article, thus, make, do, the, interesting, like and 106 more...
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seven syllables
transdifferentiation, parthenogenetically, monocotyledonous, sesquicentennial, quasiperiodically, invariability, indestructibility, catazonasulculate, pseudo-etymology, paraetymology, triskaidekaphobia, epidemiology and 197 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for homosexuality.
reesetee Sadly, it's not all that surprising. Mar 2, 2011
Prolagus Surprisingly less than 100 years ago. "Dictionary of Anthropology" by David Davies. Mar 2, 2011
frogapplause A source of amusement?!
What year was this published, Pro? Mar 1, 2011
Prolagus
Mar 1, 2011
thtownse Thanks a lot, century dictionary. Why don't you go discriminate against someone your own size! Oct 23, 2010
reesetee New earworm.... :-) Mar 24, 2010
thtownse "Fly, lesbian seagull..." Mar 24, 2010
chained_bear Lemme tell ya, in that bar it was Friday night.
(John, that video is adorable!) Mar 24, 2010
friendbynote Beautiful. Mar 24, 2010
reesetee Always dancing. And the room for foxes in sheep's clothing is upstairs. Extra cover charge. Mar 24, 2010
john And is there dancing? Mar 24, 2010
ruzuzu Is there a different bar for a fox in sheep's clothing? Mar 24, 2010
reesetee Foxes are permitted, but they must show proper ID. Mar 24, 2010
chained_bear Obviously, the ones with gay sheep in them. Duh. Mar 23, 2010
sionnach Wonders what kind of bars reesetee hangs out at.... Mar 23, 2010
john Ha! Mar 22, 2010
Prolagus Oh I know, I wasn't complaining! Still more acceptable than the average YouTube comment. Mar 22, 2010
john The Century Dictionary has some fantastic stuff in it, but it was published between 1889 and 1914, and as a result some of its material is archaic and offensive. Mar 22, 2010
Prolagus Interesting "Century Dictionary" definition. Mar 22, 2010
reesetee Yeah, I've seen them hanging around at the bars. Feb 18, 2010
hernesheir About 8% of sheep exhibit homosexual preference, so says Wikipedia. Feb 18, 2010
mollusque Nobody's listed bisexuality either. Ambisextrous on the other hand... Aug 5, 2008
chained_bear Well, it was in the database. It came up on the random word feature, but no one had it listed. Usually in those cases, it's misspelled, but this isn't. So I adopted it.
Edit: I'm considering making a huge ginormous list of boring words. After all, where would we be without them? (Besides, you know, doing something productive instead of hanging around on Wordie?) Aug 4, 2008
whichbe Why's nobody listing heterosexuality? Probably because they're both such boring words. Aug 4, 2008
chained_bear Wow. Why's nobody listing this? Aug 4, 2008