lesbianism

lesbianism

English

Etymology

lesbian +‎ -ism

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛzbiəˌnɪzəm/

• Audio (southern England)

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Noun

lesbianism (countable and uncountable, plural lesbianisms)

1. Female homosexuality; the state (of a woman) of being sexually attracted to other women.

Synonyms

• lesbiandom
• lesbianhood
• lesbianness

Hypernyms

• gayness
• homosexuality

Holonyms

• LGBT

Translations

Female homosexuality

Catalan: lesbianisme (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 女同性戀／女同性恋 (zh) (nǚ tóngxìngliàn) Danish: lesbianisme c Finnish: lesbous (fi), lesbolaisuus (fi) French: lesbianisme (fr) m Galician: lesbianismo m Georgian: ლესბოსელობა (lesboseloba), ლესბიანიზმი (lesbianizmi), დედათმავლობა (dedatmavloba) (nonstandard, sometimes humorous, back-formation) German: Lesbischsein, Lesbianismus Greenlandic: arnaqatinik atoqateqartarneq Italian: lesbismo (it) m Norman: lesbiannisme m (Jersey) Northern Sami: lesbavuohta Portuguese: lesbianismo (pt) f Romanian: lesbianism (ro) n Russian: лесбия́нство (ru) n (lesbijánstvo) Slovak: lesbizmus (sk) m Spanish: lesbianismo m Swedish: lesbiskhet (sv) c Yoruba: ìnífẹ̀ẹ́-obìnrin-sóbìnrin

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Romanian

Etymology

lesbian +‎ -ism

Noun

lesbianism n (uncountable)

1. lesbianism

Declension

Declension of lesbianism

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) lesbianism	lesbianismul	(niște) lesbianisme	lesbianismele
genitive/dative	(unui) lesbianism	lesbianismului	(unor) lesbianisme	lesbianismelor
vocative	lesbianismule		lesbianismelor