Etymology

homocaust

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Today it means: A systematic persecution of homosexuals, especially the one which occurred in Nazi Germany (the Homocaust), when seen as constituting systematic destruction of them. Full definition →

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homocaust · noun1

Blend of homo + holocaust. See Homocaust.

Homocaust · proper noun2

Blend of homosexual + Holocaust. Possibly coined in 1986 in the pseudoacademic, Holocaust-denial-focused Journal of Historical Review; possibly attested already by the 1970s.

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