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latent homosexuality
latent homosexuality[′lāt·ənt ‚hō·mə‚sek·shə′wal·əd·ē] (psychology) Homosexual tendencies present in the unconscious but not felt or expressed overtly. latent homosexuality
la·tent ho·mo·sex·u·al·i·tyan erotic inclination toward members of the same sex not consciously experienced or expressed in overt action, as opposed to overt homosexuality Use of this term is disappearing because of both its potentially iatrogenic effect and the inability to validate the phenomenon by techniques outside psychoanalytic theory. Synonym(s): unconscious homosexualityUnconsciously repressed homosexualitylatent homosexuality Unconsciously repressed homosexuality. Cf Circumstantial homosexuality, Closet, Homosexuality. |