Homohysteric
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 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."
Example
More examples"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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