homoeroticismn.
/ˌhəʊməʊᵻˈrɒtᵻsɪz(ə)m/, /ˌhɒməʊᵻˈrɒtᵻsɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˌhoʊmoʊəˈrɑdəˌsɪz(ə)m/ Originally Psychology and Psychoanalysis.
Sexual or romantic attraction to, or engagement in sexual activity with, people of one's own sex; homosexuality. Now esp.: the quality or fact of being homoerotic. Cf. homoerotism n.On the possible connotations and relationship with related terms, compare the note at homoerotic adj.
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sexual inversion1883
inversion1891
homosexuality1892
uranism1893
Uranianism1909
homoeroticism1915
homoerotism1916
queerness1925
homoism1927
homophiliaa1942
gayness1954
queerdom1961
poofdom1972
gaydom1978
1915 Psychoanalytic Rev. 2 461 He [sc. Dr. S. Ferenczi] feels first that ‘subject’ and ‘object’ homoeroticism are essentially different conditions.
1936 W. S. Sadler Theory & Pract. Psychiatry xxxviii. 628 The well-known tendency toward a certain degree of homoeroticism in the Army and Navy.
1979 Globe & Mail (Canada) (Nexis) 29 May Julie follows her in a silly now-you-see-me-now-you-don't chase that suggests the fascination of adolescent girls with witchcraft and implied homoeroticism.
1987 Changing Men No. 18. 37/3 It can be argued that it was the extreme homoeroticism of the Nazis which in fact made them so intensely homophobic.
2005 Z. Smith On Beauty 250 It reminds her, in its homoeroticism, of Caravaggio.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1915