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homoeroticism
[ hoh-moh-i-rot-uh-siz-uhm ]
noun
- the use of symbolism, allusions, situations, etc., involving sexual attraction or activity between people of the same gender in art, literature, drama, or the like:
Wilde's first novel was attacked for its homoeroticism and decadence.
- sexual attraction to people of one's own gender; homosexuality:
She was not ready to confront her own unexplored homoeroticism.
homoeroticism
/ ˌhəʊməʊˈɛrəˌtɪzəm; ˌhəʊməʊɪˈrɒtɪˌsɪzəm /
noun
- eroticism centred on or aroused by persons of one's own sex
Other Word Forms
- ···dz· [hoh-moh-i-, rot, -ik], adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of homoeroticism1
Example Sentences
How do you convey that homoeroticism on the page and then get it onto the screen?
If the rest of the tracks contain songs half as sexy as the football chant homoeroticism of the lead single “Rush,” listeners are in for a treat.
The gags — including a dig at his penchant for facial filler and a somewhat puerile riff on the supposed homoeroticism of his friendship with Vladimir Putin — are mildly funny but not exactly sidesplitting.
I am sure there will be questions about homoeroticism in the film or homosexuality and abuse, but I think it exists because of causality.
He excised passages that appear to express homoeroticism, for example.
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