Inversionism

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Homosexuality, regarded as sexual inversion. obsolete, uncountable

    "Parents and teachers, having but little or no knowledge of the laws of nature, are unable to detect the victims of inversionism."

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homosexuality

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"Parents and teachers, having but little or no knowledge of the laws of nature, are unable to detect the victims of inversionism."

Etymology

From inversion + -ism.

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