homosexuality

Etymology
From, equivalent to and after the model of , coined by journalist  in 1869, and , attested in 1891.

Noun

 * 1) The state of being sexually attracted primarily or exclusively to persons of the same sex, sometimes  restricted to same-sex attraction between males.
 * 2) Sexual activity with a person of the same sex, sometimes  restricted to same-sex sex between males.
 * 1) Sexual activity with a person of the same sex, sometimes  restricted to same-sex sex between males.
 * 1) Sexual activity with a person of the same sex, sometimes  restricted to same-sex sex between males.
 * 1) Sexual activity with a person of the same sex, sometimes  restricted to same-sex sex between males.

Usage notes
As homosexuality in women is also known as, the term homosexuality can be used with particular reference to male homosexuality, although such usage can be considered sexist. Different cultural constructions of same-sex love are collectively referred to as homosexualities.

Synonyms

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Translations

 * Afrikaans: homoseksualiteit
 * Albanian: homoseksualitet,
 * Arabic: مِثْلِيَّة, مِثْلِيَّة جِنْسِيَّة, هُومُوسِكْسُوَالِيَّة, هُومُوسِكْسُوَالِيَّة
 * Egyptian Arabic: هوموسكسواليه
 * Armenian:
 * Assamese: সমকামিতা
 * Asturian: homosexualidá
 * Avar: гомосексуаллъи
 * Azerbaijani: homoseksualizm, homoseksuallıq
 * South Azerbaijani: همجینسچی‌لیک
 * Banjarese: homoseksualitas
 * Bashkir: гомосексуализм
 * Basque:
 * Bavarian: Homosexualität
 * Belarusian: гомасексуалі́зм, гомасэксуалі́зм, гомасексуальнасць, гомасэксуальнасьць
 * Bengali:
 * Bihari: समलैंगिकता
 * Breton: heñvelrevelezh
 * Bulgarian: хомосексуа́лност
 * Burmese: လိင်တူဆက်ဆံခြင်း
 * Catalan:
 * Cebuano: homosekswalidad
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 同性戀
 * Eastern Min: 同性戀
 * Gan: 同性戀
 * Hokkien: 同性戀, 同性愛
 * Literary Chinese: 同性戀
 * Mandarin:
 * Wu: 同性媾
 * Chuvash: гомосексуаллӑх
 * Classical Nahuatl: cuilonyōtl
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Doteli: समलैंगिकता
 * Dutch:
 * Emilian: omosesuêl
 * Esperanto: samseksemo
 * Estonian:, homoseksualism, samasooiharus
 * Faroese: samkyndleiki
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:, la vice allemande
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: ჰომოსექსუალობა, ჰომოსექსუალიზმი, მამათმავლობა
 * German:
 * Alemannic German: Homosexualität
 * Gilaki: همجنس‌خأيي
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: κιναιδία, ἀρσενοκοιτία
 * Greenlandic: suiaqatinik atoqateqartarneq
 * Gujarati: સમલિંગી, હોમોસેક્સ્યુઅલ
 * Hausa: kishili
 * Hebrew: הוֹמוֹסֶקְסוּאָלִיּוּת
 * Hindi: समलैंगिकता
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: samkynhneigð
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:
 * Interlingua: homosexualitate
 * Irish: homaighnéasachas, homaighnéasacht
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, ホモセクシャリティ
 * Kannada: ಸಲಿಂಗ ಕಾಮ
 * Kazakh: гомосексуалдылық
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish:, ھاوڕەگەزبازی, ھۆمۆسێکشواڵتی
 * Northern Kurdish: homoseksûalîte, hevzayendîtî, homoseksuelî
 * Kyrgyz: гомосексуалдуулук
 * Ladino: omoseksualita
 * Latin: homosexualitas
 * Latvian: ,
 * Ligurian: omosessualitæ
 * Limburgish:
 * Lithuanian:
 * Lombard: omosessüalitaa
 * Low German:
 * Dutch Low Saxon: homoseksualiteit
 * Luxembourgish:
 * Macedonian: хомосексуалност
 * Maithili: समलैङ्गिकता
 * Malagasy: fahapelahana
 * Malayalam: സ്വവർഗ്ഗരതി
 * Maltese: omosesswalità
 * Maori: he nonofo
 * Mazanderani: همجنس‌گرایی
 * Mirandese: homossexualidade
 * Nahuatl: cuilonyōtl
 * Neapolitan: ommosessualità
 * Nepali: समलैंगिकता
 * Newar: समलैङ्गिकता
 * Norman: homosexualité
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: homoseksualitet, homofili
 * Nynorsk: homofili
 * Occitan:
 * Persian:
 * Piedmontese: omossessualità
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Punjabi: ਸਮਲਿੰਗੀ
 * Romanian:, хомосексуалитате
 * Russian: ,
 * Sami:
 * Northern Sami: homoseksualitehta
 * Sardinian: omosessualidade
 * Scottish Gaelic: co-sheòrsachd, fearas-feise, banas-feise
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: хомосексуа́лно̄ст
 * Roman:
 * Shona: ungochani
 * Sicilian: omosessualità,
 * Silesian: buzeranctwo
 * Sindhi: هم جنس پرست
 * Sinhalese: සමලිංගිකතාව
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Somali: khaniisnimada
 * Sotho: bosodoma
 * Spanish:, homosexualismo
 * Swahili:, mapenzi ya jinsia moja
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: homoseksuwalidad
 * Tajik:, гомосексуализм
 * Tamil: ஓரினச்சேர்க்கை, தற்பால்சேர்க்கை
 * Tatar: гомосексуализм, һомосексуальлек
 * Telugu:
 * Thai: รักร่วมเพศ
 * Turkish: ,
 * Ukrainian:, гомосексуалі́зм
 * Urdu: ہم جنس پرستی
 * Uzbek: gomoseksuallik
 * Vietnamese: tính tình dục đồng giới, (同性戀愛)
 * Waray-Waray: homoseksuwalidad
 * Welsh: gwrywgydiaeth, cyfunrywioldeb
 * West Flemish: homoseksualiteit
 * West Frisian: homoseksualiteit
 * Yiddish: האָמאָסעקסואַלוטעט
 * Yoruba: ilopọ, ìnífẹ̀ẹ́-ọkùnrin-sọ́kùnrin
 * Zazaki: hemcınsbaz
 * Zulu: isitabane