"queerness" meaning in English

See queerness in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: queernesses [plural]
Etymology: From queer + -ness. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|queer|ness}} queer + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} queerness (countable and uncountable, plural queernesses)
  1. (uncountable) The quality of being queer or odd. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-queerness-en-noun-GChWjltt
  2. (countable) Something queer; an oddity. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-queerness-en-noun-sHZOCxOQ
  3. (uncountable, possibly offensive) Homosexuality. Tags: offensive, possibly, uncountable Categories (topical): LGBTQ
    Sense id: en-queerness-en-noun-y0lSN6o8 Disambiguation of LGBTQ: 7 3 55 35
  4. (uncountable) The quality of being queer, in the sense of not conforming to sexual or gender norms. Tags: uncountable Synonyms (state of being): queerhood Synonyms (state of not conforming to sexual norms): nonheterosexuality Hyponyms (state of not conforming to sexual norms): gayness, homosexuality
    Sense id: en-queerness-en-noun-d6Ms65rG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ness, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 1 1 76 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ness: 25 2 3 69 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 10 2 3 84 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 15 2 3 80 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 2 3 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 14 2 11 73 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 13 2 4 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 13 2 22 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 16 2 11 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 14 2 11 73 Disambiguation of 'state of being': 29 3 23 45 Disambiguation of 'state of not conforming to sexual norms': 7 1 2 91 Disambiguation of 'state of not conforming to sexual norms': 7 1 2 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: abnormality [state], oddness, weirdness, strangeness, deviance (alt: an oddity), irregularity, outlier, anomaly Translations (the quality of being queer): queerius (Finnish), queerness (French), queerité (French), უცნაურობა (ucnauroba) (Georgian), aisteachas [masculine] (Irish), aistiúlacht [feminine] (Irish), aiteacht [feminine] (Irish), aiteas [masculine] (Irish), greannmhaireacht [feminine] (Irish), suaithníocht [feminine] (Irish), queer [masculine] (Polish)
Disambiguation of 'the quality of being queer': 52 1 0 46

Inflected forms

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