"closet case" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1979 December 15, Rick Hillegas, “Workers World Party (response)”, in Gay Community News, volume 7, number 21, page 5:",
          "text": "Even self-styled liberated gay and straight people sometimes call outspoken bigots \"closet cases\".",
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          "ref": "1986 February 25, Ray EMD & S Admin 223-5027, “More on Stereotypes/gays in Film”, in net.motss (Usenet):",
          "text": "Now this one portrays the drill instructor as an extreme/suicidal if he ever admits it closet case.",
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        "A gay person who pretends to be heterosexual."
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        "(slang) A gay person who pretends to be heterosexual."
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        {
          "word": "closet queen"
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          "sense": "gay person who pretends to be heterosexual",
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          "word": "skabsbøsse"
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          "sense": "gay person who pretends to be heterosexual",
          "word": "kaappihomo"
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          "ref": "1956 September 24, Frank Scherschel, Gary Villet, “Fraternity Rushing”, in LIFE Magazine, page 144:",
          "text": "Closet case at Delta Upsilon is shunted to the basement....",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1964, Paul H. Babbitt, “APPRAISAL OF PARENTAL ATTITUDES”, in Journal of Rehabilitation, volume 30, number 1, pages 20–21:",
          "text": "Under-expectation on the part of the parent... can range from a complete refusal by the father to accept the fact that the child does exist (a closet case)...",
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        "A person who is shunned, ignored, or considered to be an embarrassment."
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          "consider",
          "consider"
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          "embarrassment",
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  "word": "closet case"
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          "ref": "1979 December 15, Rick Hillegas, “Workers World Party (response)”, in Gay Community News, volume 7, number 21, page 5:",
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        },
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          "ref": "1986 February 25, Ray EMD & S Admin 223-5027, “More on Stereotypes/gays in Film”, in net.motss (Usenet):",
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      ],
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          "word": "closet queen"
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          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1964, Paul H. Babbitt, “APPRAISAL OF PARENTAL ATTITUDES”, in Journal of Rehabilitation, volume 30, number 1, pages 20–21:",
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      ],
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      "sense": "gay person who pretends to be heterosexual",
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      "word": "skabsbøsse"
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      "sense": "gay person who pretends to be heterosexual",
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