queerness

queerness: noun

1. a strange attitude or habit

• Syn: ↑oddity, ↑quirk, ↑quirkiness, ↑crotchet

• Derivationally related forms: ↑crotchety (for: ↑crotchet), ↑quirky (for: ↑quirkiness), ↑quirky (for: ↑quirk), ↑queer

• Hypernyms: ↑unfamiliarity, ↑strangeness

2. a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the same sex

• Syn: ↑homosexuality, ↑homosexualism, ↑homoeroticism, ↑gayness

• Derivationally related forms: ↑gay (for: ↑gayness), ↑queer, ↑homoerotic (for: ↑homoeroticism), ↑homosexual (for: ↑homosexuality)

• Hypernyms: ↑sexual activity, ↑sexual practice, ↑sex, ↑sex activity

• Hyponyms: ↑inversion, ↑sexual inversion, ↑lesbianism, ↑sapphism, ↑pederasty, ↑paederasty

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Queerness — Queer ness, n. The quality or state of being queer. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
queerness — index quirk (idiosyncrasy) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
queerness — queer ► ADJECTIVE 1) strange; odd. 2) informal, derogatory (of a man) homosexual. 3) Brit. informal, dated slightly ill. ► NOUN informal, derogatory ▪ a homosexual man. ► VERB informal ▪ spoil or ruin … English terms dictionary
queerness — noun see queer I … New Collegiate Dictionary
queerness — See queerish. * * * … Universalium
queerness — noun the quality of being queer … Wiktionary
queerness — kwÉªrnÉªs / kwÉªÉ™n n. strangeness, oddity, peculiarity … English contemporary dictionary
queerness — queer·ness … English syllables
queerness — See: queer … English dictionary
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