单词 | uranism |
释义 | uranismn. Now chiefly historical. (Male) homosexuality. Cf. Uranian adj.1 1c. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual orientation > homosexuality > [noun] sexual inversion1883 inversion1891 homosexuality1892 uranism1893 Uranianism1909 homoeroticism1915 homoerotism1916 queerness1925 homoism1927 homophiliaa1942 gayness1954 queerdom1961 poofdom1972 gaydom1978 1893 Med. Brief 21 586/2 For this reason, in spite of the great prevalence of uranism, very few of its subjects seek medical treatment. c1910 ‘X. Mayne’ Intersexes vii. 173 An appreciable influence in developing early Uranism is the fact that the tutor..may be an Uranian of pederastic inclinations. 1952 R. Hughes in A. C. Swinburne Lesbia Brandon 382 Théophile Gautier..was one of the most robustly normal of men sexually, and to him, as to Swinburne, the very idea of uranism was in no small degree abhorrent. 1995 G. Vidal Palimpsest 12 Orville and Wilbur Wright were lifelong bachelors, as Time magazine used to write when eager to suggest uranism. 2003 Independent 20 Mar. (Review section) 17/5 Henceforth all references to ‘perversion’ were rigorously excluded. Still, there was always ‘uranism’ to be found in Vicente Minelli's ‘Fairy Unit’, making musicals as MGM. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1893 |
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