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  • 1. queerness
  • 2. queerness
  • Queerness in a sentence
Table of Contents
  • 1. queerness
  • 2. queerness
  • Queerness in a sentence
Synonyms
Antonyms
Etymology

1. queerness

noun. a strange attitude or habit.

Synonyms

  • crotchet
  • oddity
  • unfamiliarity
  • quirkiness
  • strangeness

Antonyms

  • male
  • maleness
  • femaleness
  • female

Etymology

  • -ness (English)
  • queer (English)

2. queerness

noun. a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the same sex.

Synonyms

  • sexual inversion
  • pederasty
  • homoeroticism
  • sexual activity
  • sex
  • sex activity
  • homosexualism
  • sexual practice
  • paederasty
  • homosexuality
  • gayness
  • inversion
  • lesbianism

Antonyms

  • bisexual
  • homosexual
  • sexual
  • asexual

Etymology

  • -ness (English)
  • queer (English)

Sentences with queerness


1. Noun, singular or mass
Gloria AnzaldĂșa was a prominent voice in the Chicano and Chicana movement, melding different styles, languages and cultures in her writings to explore queerness and multiracial identity in the borderlands between Mexico and the United States.

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