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LESBIANISM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does lesbianism mean?
• LESBIANISM (noun)
The noun LESBIANISM has 1 sense:
1. female homosexuality
Familiarity information: LESBIANISM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Female homosexuality
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
lesbianism; sapphism
Hypernyms ("lesbianism" is a kind of...):
gayness; homoeroticism; homosexualism; homosexuality; queerness (a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the same sex)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lesbianism"):
tribadism (a form of lesbianism that simulates heterosexual intercourse)
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