same-sexness

noun — 2 senses

same-sexness

noun

Etymology From same-sex + -ness.

1

The condition of having or being of the same sex.

  • Thus since twins occur in almost one percent of the cases, the probability of same-sexness would be increased from .500 to at most .502, […]1949, The journal of heredity:
2

Homosexuality.

  • Though he dwells mostly on the affairs of men — which would make the same-sexness an obvious result — instances in which women suffer punishment are usually engineered by other women.2005, Gail Kathleen Hart, Friedrich Schiller:
  • Grimsrud consistently argues against a position that would see some "inherent wrongness" with same-sexness rather than with certain forms of same-sex activities.2009, Goshen College, Mennonite Historical Society, The Mennonite quarterly review:

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