Homohysteric

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Pertaining to or involving homohysteria ("A cultural aversion to being perceived as homosexual").

    "It seems that whereas men's publicly perceived sexual identities were once easily jeopardized in a homohysteric culture, today men maintain more freedom to explore certain forms of same-sex sexual behaviors without threat to their publicly perceived heterosexual identities."

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"It seems that whereas men's publicly perceived sexual identities were once easily jeopardized in a homohysteric culture, today men maintain more freedom to explore certain forms of same-sex sexual behaviors without threat to their publicly perceived heterosexual identities."

Etymology

From homo- (“pertaining to homosexuality”) + hysteric.

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