Added 10 October 2026
homosexuality
/ˌhoʊməˌsɛkʃuˈælɪti/ noun
In Latin: homosexualitas Coined: 1869, by Karl Maria Kertbeny Wiktionary
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- The state of being sexually and romantically attracted primarily or exclusively to persons of the same sex, sometimes restricted to same-sex attraction between males. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
- Sexual activity with a person of the same sex, sometimes restricted to same-sex sex between males.
Origin
From homosexual + -ity, equivalent to homo- + sexuality and after the model of German Homosexualität, coined by journalist Karl Maria Kertbeny in 1869, and French homosexualité, attested in 1891.
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