adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A pseudohomosexual man.

Adjective

1. 1
   According to Lionel Ovesey: having become a (male) homosexual as a result of abnormal interpersonal relationships, rather than having an innate homosexual orientation. not-comparable

Etymology

From pseudo- + homosexual.

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