"lesbianism" meaning in English

See lesbianism in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈlɛzbiəˌnɪzəm/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-lesbianism.wav Forms: lesbianisms [plural]
Etymology: From lesbian + -ism. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|lesbian|ism}} lesbian + -ism Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} lesbianism (countable and uncountable, plural lesbianisms)
  1. Female homosexuality; the state of a woman being sexually attracted to other women. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): LGBTQ, Sexual orientations Synonyms: lesbiandom, lesbianhood, lesbianness Hypernyms: gayness, homosexuality Holonyms: LGBTQ Derived forms: lipstick lesbianism, political lesbianism Translations (Female homosexuality): سِحَاق (siḥāq) [masculine] (Arabic), lesbianisme [masculine] (Catalan), 女同性戀 (Chinese Mandarin), 女同性恋 (nǚ tóngxìngliàn) (Chinese Mandarin), lesbianisme [common-gender] (Danish), lesbous (Finnish), lesbolaisuus (Finnish), lesbianisme [masculine] (French), lesbianismo [masculine] (Galician), ლესბოსელობა (lesboseloba) (Georgian), ლესბიანიზმი (lesbianizmi) (Georgian), დედათმავლობა (dedatmavloba) (english: back-formation) [humorous, nonstandard, sometimes] (Georgian), Lesbischsein (German), Lesbianismus (German), arnaqatinik atoqateqartarneq (Greenlandic), lesbismo [masculine] (Italian), lesbiannisme [Jersey, masculine] (Norman), lesbavuohta (Northern Sami), lesbianismo [feminine] (Portuguese), lesbianism [neuter] (Romanian), лесбия́нство (lesbijánstvo) [neuter] (Russian), lezbijanìzam [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), lesbizmus [masculine] (Slovak), lesbianismo [masculine] (Spanish), lesbiskhet [common-gender] (Swedish), лесбія́нство (lesbijánstvo) [neuter] (Ukrainian), лесбі́йство (lesbíjstvo) [neuter] (Ukrainian), ìnífẹ̀ẹ́-obìnrin-sóbìnrin (Yoruba)

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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lesbizmus"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Female homosexuality",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lesbianismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Female homosexuality",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "lesbiskhet"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "lesbijánstvo",
      "sense": "Female homosexuality",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "лесбія́нство"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "lesbíjstvo",
      "sense": "Female homosexuality",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "лесбі́йство"
    },
    {
      "code": "yo",
      "lang": "Yoruba",
      "sense": "Female homosexuality",
      "word": "ìnífẹ̀ẹ́-obìnrin-sóbìnrin"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lesbianism"
}

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