homosexualとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Received 発音):
  • IPA^(key): /ˌhɒməʊˈsɛksjuːəl/, /ˌhɒməʊˈsɛkʃuːəl/
  • IPA^(key): /ˌhəʊməʊˈsɛksjuːəl/, /ˌhəʊməʊˈsɛkʃuːəl/
  • (米国発音):
    • enPR: hō'mə-sĕkʹsho͞o-əl, hō'mō-sĕkʹsho͞o-əl, IPA^(key): /ˌhoʊməˈsɛkʃuːəl/, /ˌhoʊmoʊˈsɛkʃuːəl/

形容詞

homosexual (comparative more homosexual, superlative most homosexual)

1. (of a person または 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^[1], 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 または sexual act または 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   Most western countries have repealed laws against homosexual activity between consenting adults.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, Maher, Bill; William Shatner, William Shatner, Club Random With Bill Maher‎^[2], episode 1, Club Random Podcast, archived from the original on 05 April 2022, 56:37 from the start:

     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.

   No one says "a homosexual bar" anymore; it's a "gay bar" or maybe a "lesbian bar".

使用する際の注意点

• Many style guides^[1] and many gay people^[2] 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" (または "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 orientations) sexual orientation; asexual (-ity, ace), bisexual (-ity, bi), demisexual (-ity, demi), graysexual (-ity), heterosexual (-ity, straight), homosexual (-ity, gay, lesbian), omnisexual (-ity), pansexual (-ity, pan), plurisexual (-ity), polysexual (-ity), robosexual (-ity), sapiosexual (-ity), androsexual (-ity), gynesexual (-ity), vegansexual (-ity) ^{(Category: en:Sexual orientations)}
• (of humans): bi, hetero
• (of humans): homoromantic

派生語

• homo
• homosexually
• homosexuality
• homosexualism
• homosexualize
• homosexualization

名詞

homosexual (複数形 homosexuals)

1. (typically formal, distancing or dated) A person who is sexually attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex.
   • 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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