American English pronunciation

How to pronounce homosexual

IPA transcription: [,hoʊmoʊ'sɛkʃuəl]

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Noun

  • someone who practices homosexuality; having a sexual attraction to persons of the same sex

Adjective

Usage examples

  • My husband revealed he was homosexual.
  • Bayer tells us that Spitzer had never even published a paper on homosexuality.
  • This was at a time when homosexual relationships had not yet gained public acceptance.
  • Sadat is considered to have broken the taboos on cross-dressing and homosexuality in Afghanistan.
  • Two non-homosexual male-to-female transsexuals expressed regrets.
  • For a time, he was a vice-president of the Campaign for Homosexual Equality.
  • It described his analysis of a melancholy Danish count who was homosexual.
  • My husband revealed he was homosexual.
  • The sexual orientation of the individual members cannot be divorced from the homosexual couple.
  • Their double act contained double entendres and Polari, the homosexual argot.