homoismn.
/ˈhəʊməʊɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈhoʊmoʊˌɪz(ə)m/ Homosexuality, esp. male homosexuality.In quot. 1949 perhaps: support or advocacy for homosexuality or homosexual people.
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sexual inversion1883
inversion1891
homosexuality1892
uranism1893
Uranianism1909
homoeroticism1915
homoerotism1916
queerness1925
homoism1927
homophiliaa1942
gayness1954
queerdom1961
poofdom1972
gaydom1978
1927 D. Stevens Let. Nov. in Feminist Stud. (1989) 15 300 Homoism..only seems to render people more inadequate and less fit to survive.
1949 W. Lewis Let. 3 Mar. (1963) 480 Homoism died down in the 'thirties, but is so prevalent now..among the student or intellectual young. Of course it is all one as far as I am concerned, except that people always make a religion of anything they do against the rules.
1995 Telegraph (Nashua, New Hampsh.) 4 Dec. 10/1 Homoism is not a life style, it will destroy the family.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1927