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gayness - What does it mean?

Definition of 'gayness'

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (countable) The state of being gay (cheerful).
  • (uncountable) The state of being gay (homosexual).
  • * 2002 , Corinne Squire, Lines of Narrative: Psychosocial Perspectives , page 56:
  • Parents often report this as one of their biggest fears upon hearing that their child is gay: assuming that gayness disenables reproduction.
  • * 2011 , Angel Costello, I Died a Little Every Night , page 192:
  • the second thing she noticed about Meghan was she always wore this rainbow colored bracelet. Which apparently people in the gay world new(SIC) that rainbow indicated a sense of gayness.

    Synonyms

    * homosexuality, queerness * lesbianism (of women only )

    See also

    * gaiety: The state of being gay (in the sense of "happy").