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GAYNESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the same sex
Synonyms:
gayness; homoeroticism; homosexualism; homosexuality; queerness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("gayness" is a kind of...):
sex; sex activity; sexual activity; sexual practice (activities associated with sexual intercourse)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gayness"):
inversion; sexual inversion (a term formerly used to mean taking on the gender role of the opposite sex)
lesbianism; sapphism (female homosexuality)
paederasty; pederasty (sexual relations between a man and a boy (usually anal intercourse with the boy as a passive partner))
Derivation:
gay (homosexual or arousing homosexual desires)
