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Queerness

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The quality of being queer or odd. uncountable
  2. 2
    a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the same sex wordnet
  3. 3
    Something queer; an oddity. countable
  4. 4
    a strange attitude or habit wordnet
  5. 5
    Homosexuality. offensive, possibly, uncountable
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  1. 6
    The quality of being queer, in the sense of not conforming to sexual or gender norms. uncountable

    "My queerness and my addiction to alcohol flourished in a tiny bar tucked in San Francisco’s Castro district."

Etymology

From queer + -ness.

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