homosexualizedadj.
/ˌhəʊmə(ʊ)ˈsɛkʃʊəlʌɪzd/, /ˌhəʊmə(ʊ)ˈsɛkʃᵿlʌɪzd/, /ˌhəʊmə(ʊ)ˈsɛksjʊ(ə)lʌɪzd/, /ˌhɒmə(ʊ)ˈsɛkʃʊəlʌɪzd/, /ˌhɒmə(ʊ)ˈsɛkʃᵿlʌɪzd/, /ˌhɒmə(ʊ)ˈsɛksjʊ(ə)lʌɪzd/, U.S. /ˌhoʊməˈsɛkʃ(əw)əˌlaɪzd/, /ˌhoʊmoʊˈsɛkʃ(əw)əˌlaɪzd/ That has been made homosexual in nature, character, or associations; regarded or portrayed as homosexual.
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1901 H. Ellis Stud. Psychol. Sex: Sexual Inversion (ed. 2) 66 Since the birth..within me of what, for lack of a better name, I term my homosexualized Patmorean ideal, life has become, in the main, a weary business.
1930 F. Dell Love in Machine Age iii. 30 The only marriage relationship for which men and women so trained were fit was the homosexualized and militarized patriarchal family.
1996 J. N. C. Garcia Philippine Gay Culture 10 There has not been any evidence that AIDS will become homosexualized anytime soon in the Philippines—as it was in the United States and Europe.
2007 Telegraph-Jrnl. (New Brunswick) (Nexis) 14 Aug. a5 ‘The gay agenda’ (a homosexualized echo of the ‘world Jewish conspiracy’ of yesteryear) similarly doesn't exist.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1901- boil over
- boil seethe a wallop
- boil soft
- boil something soft
- boil the billy
- boil the pot
- boil to mash
- boil up
- boil wash
- boil, roast, or wash a stone
- boil-off
- boil-up
- boil-wash
- boilable
- boiled
- boiled brains
- boiled crow
- boiled custard
- boiled dinner
- boiled down
- boiled lobster
- boiled oil
- boiled over
- boiled shirt
- boiled stuff