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QUEERNESS
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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 ("queerness" 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 "queerness"):
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:
queer (homosexual or arousing homosexual desires)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A strange attitude or habit
Synonyms:
crotchet; oddity; queerness; quirk; quirkiness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("queerness" is a kind of...):
strangeness; unfamiliarity (unusualness as a consequence of not being well known)
Derivation:
queer (beyond or deviating from the usual or expected)
