Homoeroticism

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The state or quality of being homoerotic countable, uncountable

    "Masculine images in the ballet tend toward one of two poles: the homoeroticism of contemporary European choreographers […], and the men-drained-of-maleness we often see in Cunningham's dances."

  2. 2
    a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the same sex wordnet

Synonyms

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autoeroticismexhibitionismfetishismgaynesshomoerotismhomosexualism

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"Masculine images in the ballet tend toward one of two poles: the homoeroticism of contemporary European choreographers […], and the men-drained-of-maleness we often see in Cunningham's dances."

Etymology

From homoerotic + -ism.

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