homohysteric

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From homo- (pertaining to homosexuality) +‎ hysteric.

Adjective[edit]

homohysteric (comparative more homohysteric, superlative most homohysteric)

  1. Pertaining to or involving homohysteria ("A cultural aversion to being perceived as homosexual").
    • 2009, Eric Anderson, Inclusive Masculinity: The Changing Nature of Masculinities, London, New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 151:
      It seems that whereas men's publicly perceived sexual identities were once easily jeopardized in a homohysteric culture, today men maintain more freedom to explore certain forms of same-sex sexual behaviors without threat to their publicly perceived heterosexual identities.