"sapphism" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈsæ.fɪzm̩/ [UK, US] Forms: sapphisms [plural]
Etymology: From Sappho (“a poet of the isle of Lesbos (612 B.C.E. - 570 B.C.E.)”) + -ism. Etymology templates: {{B.C.E.}} B.C.E., {{B.C.E.}} B.C.E., {{affix|en|Sappho|-ism|t1=a poet of the isle of Lesbos (612 <small class='ce-date'>B.C.E.</small> - 570 <small class='ce-date'>B.C.E.</small>)}} Sappho (“a poet of the isle of Lesbos (612 B.C.E. - 570 B.C.E.)”) + -ism Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} sapphism (usually uncountable, plural sapphisms)
  1. Lesbianism; female homosexuality. Wikipedia link: Sappho Tags: uncountable, usually Synonyms: lesbianism Derived forms: sapphist Translations (lesbianism): лесбийство (lesbijstvo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), sapphisme (French), saphisme (French), Sapphismus (German), saffismo (Italian), サッフィズム (saffizumu) (Japanese), saffisme (Norwegian), safismo (Portuguese), safismo [masculine] (Spanish)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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