noun ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

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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6. 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."

Synonyms

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unusualnessaberrationabnormalityabsurdityalienationanomaly

Example

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"If you have to tolerate my queerness, you're missing the point entirely."

Etymology

From queer + -ness.

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