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uranism rare.|ˈjʊərənɪz(ə)m|
[ad. G. uranismus, f. L. Urania, ad. Gr. οὐρανία, an epithet of Aphrodite: see Urania, -ism.]
Homosexuality. Hence ˈuranist, a homosexual. Cf. Uranian a.1 1 c, n.2, urning.
1895Jrnl. Compar. Neurol. V. 33 The education of congenital inverts (or uranists, to employ a word invented by a famous invert) has not yet been undertaken. Ibid. 34 The causes of uranism..are probably as mysterious as those of the difference of sex. 1899[see masochism]. c1908[see Uranian n.2]. |