LESBIANISM

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Female homosexuality

Synonyms:

lesbianism; sapphism

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("lesbianism" is a kind of...):

gayness; homoeroticism; homosexualism; homosexuality; queerness (a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the same sex)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lesbianism"):

tribadism (a form of lesbianism that simulates heterosexual intercourse)

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