Homosexualとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Received Pronunciation):
  • IPA: /ˌhɒməʊˈsɛksjuːəl/, /ˌhɒməʊˈsɛkʃuːəl/
  • IPA: /ˌhəʊməʊˈsɛksjuːəl/, /ˌhəʊməʊˈsɛkʃuːəl/
• (米国発音):
  • enPR: hō'mə-sĕkʹsho͞o-əl, hō'mō-sĕkʹsho͞o-əl, IPA: /ˌhoʊməˈsɛkʃuːəl/, /ˌhoʊmoʊˈsɛkʃuːəl/
• 韻: -ɛkʃuəl, -ɛkʃuːəl
• ハイフネーション: ho‧mo‧sex‧ual

形容詞

homosexual (comparative more homosexual, superlative most homosexual)

1. (of a person or other animal, formal, distancing or dated) Sexually and/or romantically attracted to members of the same sex, such as a man who is attracted to men or a woman who is attracted to women; gay. (Typically used in the sense of sole/exclusive attraction.)

   No, it wouldn't make a difference if the applicant was homosexual.

   • 1892 [1889], Charles Gilbert Chaddock, transl., Psychopathia Sexualis‎, Philadelphia: F. A. Davis, translation of Psychopathia Sexualis by R. von Krafft-Ebing, page 97:

     [H]e said he had never noticed anything homosexual in himself.

   • 1983, Michael W. Ross, Homosexuality and Social Sex Roles:

     "Significant results indicate that Swedes would choose a more masculine partner the more homosexual they are, and that Finns would choose a more attractive partner the more homosexual they are."

2. (of a romantic or sexual act or relationship, formal, distancing or dated) Between two people of the same sex; gay.

   Most western countries have repealed laws against homosexual activity between consenting adults.

   • 2022 March 20, Bill Maher, William Shatner, 56:37 from the start, in William Shatner, Club Random With Bill Maher‎, episode 1, Club Random Podcast, archived from the original on 05 April 2022:

     Shatner: Have you ever had a homosexual experience?
     Maher: No. Why, are you...? But it's early!

3. (dated) Intended for or used by homosexuals, as a nightclub, a bar, etc.
   • 1983 December 24, “Effort To Close Gay Businesses Underway”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 23, page 2:

     A petition drive to close all homosexual establishments in response to an assumed general AIDS contagion was begun in late October, according to The Weekly News of Miami.

使用する際の注意点

• Many style guides and many gay people recommend against the use of the word "homosexual" because of its clinical and sometimes pejorative connotations, preferring the terms gay and (for women) lesbian, and relationship descriptors like "same-sex relationship". Many consider it particularly pejorative when it is used as a noun, and prefer "gay man", "gay woman" (or "lesbian").
• The first part of the word derives from the Greek word for "same", which is traditionally pronounced /ˈhɒməʊ/, unlike the Latin word homo (“man, human being”), which is pronounced /ˈhəʊməʊ/ (RP). However, it is much more common to pronounce the first vowel as /əʊ/ (RP) / /oʊ/ (US) than as /ɒ/.

同意語

• (all senses): gay, lesbian (used only of women)
• (attracted to members of the same sex): See Thesaurus:homosexual
• (between people of the same sex): same-sex

反意語

• heterosexual, straight, See also Thesaurus:heterosexual

下位語

• heteroflexible
• homoflexible

等位語

• (of humans):
  sexual orientation adjectivesedit

  • androsexual
  • asexual, ace
  • bisexual, bi
  • demisexual, demi
  • graysexual
  • gynesexual
  • heterosexual, straight, hetero
  • homosexual
    • gay
    • lesbian
  • omnisexual
  • pansexual, pan
  • polysexual
  • sapiosexual
• (of humans): homoromantic

派生語

名詞

homosexual (plural homosexuals)

1. (typically formal, distancing or dated) A person who is sexually attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex.
   • 1936, Melville J. Herskovits, Frances S. Herskovits, Suriname folk-lore‎, New York: Columbia University Press, page 32:

     It must not be understood that homosexuality is confined to women. Relationships of this type exist also among men, and in taki-taki are to be found words which are specific designations for male homosexuals, who are termed hantimąn, or awɛge.

   • 1963, John Rechy, City of Night, page 48:

     Soon, we got up, walked around the west side — toward the "meat rack" — the gay part of the park. There, it was as if someone had hung a line of marionettes on the railing: the lonesome young homosexuals, legs dangling, looking, waiting for that one-night's sexual connection...

   • 1997, The Advocate, number 742, page 9:

     It was unheard-of for those of us who are 30-something or older to have had an openly gay role model when we were young. Homosexuals weren't depicted in the media in a positive light, if at all.

使用する際の注意点

• "Homosexual" as a noun is more often applied to males while females are more likely to be described as lesbians.
• Many style guides and gay people advise against the use of "homosexual" as a noun; see the usage notes above.

同意語

• This section is divided into two tables, one containing synonyms that generally are not derogatory and one containing those that generally are. However, note that the non-derogatory terms can nonetheless be used derogatorily, and that some of the derogatory ones are often used humorously and non-derogatorily by gay people and others.

派生語

• homo

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