Come Out of the Closetとは 意味・読み方・使い方

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come out of the closet (third-person singular simple present comes out of the closet, present participle coming out of the closet, simple past came out of the closet, past participle come out of the closet)

1. (intransitive, idiomatic, LGBTQ) To disclose to others about one's sexual orientation, romantic orientation, or gender identity, where previously this had been kept secret.

   Synonym: come out

   Antonyms: remain in the closet, (dated) woodwork

   He came out of the closet as gay to his friends.

   • 1972, Lou Reed, “Make Up”, in Transformer:

     Now, we're coming out / Out of our closets / Out on the streets / Yeah, we're coming out

2. (intransitive, idiomatic, informal, sometimes humorous) To self-disclose about one's minority or disapproved-of identity, belief, preference, etc.

   She finally came out of the closet to her religious family regarding her atheism.

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Further reading

• coming out on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• closeted on Wikipedia.Wikipedia