"queerness" meaning in English

See queerness in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-NaomiAmethyst-queerness.wav [US], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Qwertygiy-queerness.wav [US] Forms: queernesses [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree English queer Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English queerness From queer + -ness. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|queer|-ness|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English queer Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English queerness [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-atjaną", "lang" : "gem-pro" }, { "id" : "nominative", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "action noun", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-tus", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-þuz", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-assuz", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-inassuz", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*-nassī", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "-nes", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-nesse", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ness", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "queerness", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="queerness"> From queer + -ness. Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} queerness (countable and uncountable, plural queernesses)
  1. (uncountable) The quality of being queer or odd. Tags: uncountable
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  2. (countable) Something queer; an oddity. Tags: countable
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  3. (uncountable, possibly offensive) Homosexuality. Tags: offensive, possibly, uncountable
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  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 referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ness, Entries with translation boxes, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Polish translations, LGBTQ Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 17 4 6 73 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 19 4 7 70 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 19 4 7 70 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 17 4 6 73 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 2 3 87 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ness: 16 4 6 75 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 11 2 4 83 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 15 3 5 76 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 9 2 3 86 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 2 3 87 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 13 3 4 80 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 11 3 4 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 14 3 5 78 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 12 3 4 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 15 4 5 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 15 4 5 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 14 3 5 78 Disambiguation of LGBTQ: 15 14 21 49 Disambiguation of 'state of being': 35 5 12 48 Disambiguation of 'state of not conforming to sexual norms': 6 1 2 90 Disambiguation of 'state of not conforming to sexual norms': 6 1 2 90
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: abnormality [state], oddness, weirdness, deviance (alt: an oddity), irregularity, outlier 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

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      "sense": "state of not conforming to sexual norms",
      "word": "gayness"
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      "sense": "state of not conforming to sexual norms",
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    }
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        "(uncountable) The quality of being queer or odd."
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        "Something queer; an oddity."
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        "(countable) Something queer; an oddity."
      ],
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      "categories": [
        "English offensive terms",
        "English uncountable nouns"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Homosexuality."
      ],
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          "homosexuality#English"
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        "(uncountable, possibly offensive) Homosexuality."
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        "possibly",
        "uncountable"
      ]
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        }
      ],
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        "The quality of being queer, in the sense of not conforming to sexual or gender norms."
      ],
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        "(uncountable) The quality of being queer, in the sense of not conforming to sexual or gender norms."
      ],
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    {
      "sense": "state of being",
      "word": "queerhood"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "of being odd"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "state"
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      "word": "abnormality"
    },
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      "word": "oddness"
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    {
      "word": "weirdness"
    },
    {
      "alt": "an oddity",
      "word": "deviance"
    },
    {
      "word": "irregularity"
    },
    {
      "word": "outlier"
    },
    {
      "sense": "state of not conforming to sexual norms",
      "word": "nonheterosexuality"
    }
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "the quality of being queer",
      "word": "queerius"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "the quality of being queer",
      "word": "queerness"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "the quality of being queer",
      "word": "queerité"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "lang_code": "ka",
      "roman": "ucnauroba",
      "sense": "the quality of being queer",
      "word": "უცნაურობა"
    },
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "lang_code": "ga",
      "sense": "the quality of being queer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aisteachas"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "lang_code": "ga",
      "sense": "the quality of being queer",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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    },
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "lang_code": "ga",
      "sense": "the quality of being queer",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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    },
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
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      "sense": "the quality of being queer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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    },
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
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      "sense": "the quality of being queer",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "greannmhaireacht"
    },
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "lang_code": "ga",
      "sense": "the quality of being queer",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "suaithníocht"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "the quality of being queer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "queer"
    }
  ],
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}

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