homosexual

ho-mo-sex-u-al · adjective

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Definitions

adjective

  1. 1.

    Sexually or romantically attracted to people of one's own sex.

  2. 2.

    A person who is sexually or romantically attracted to people of their own sex.

  3. 3.

    Relating to or characterized by sexual attraction to people of the same sex.

Related words

Antonyms: heterosexual, straight
See also: bisexual, gay, heterosexual, lesbian
Synonyms: gay, same-sex

Etymology

Coined in 1869 by German-Hungarian journalist Karl-Maria Kertbeny, from Greek homos ("same") + Latin sexualis ("sexual"). The term entered English in the 1890s through translations of medical literature.