gayism

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noun

Homosexuality.

“For quotations using this term, see Citations:gayism.”

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antigayismhomophobia
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Meanings

noungayism (uncountable)
  1. rareuncountableHomosexuality.

    Here the Bible appears to directly address only the subject of male homosexuality: gayism versus lesbianism. On the latter, the Bible appears to be silent.

    1992, Eustace A. Dixon, Gospel music: vocal cords and related issues, page 175
    1 more example

    Out at the front were some of the young groom's mates, and one dropped off the lead to whisper to me. 'Are you a friendly boy?' 'Sorry?' 'A friendly boy?' He leaned closer. 'Are you interested in gayism?'

    1999, Kevin Rushby, Chasing the mountain of light, page 200
  2. derogatoryuncountableA purported ideology behind (and promoting) homosexuality.

    For quotations using this term, see Citations:gayism.

    2 more examples

    To succeed in its argument, it is necessary that gayism denies that the cause of being gay is reasonable, intelligible and comprehensible. If one is gay not because of any choice but because one is born into the sexual orientation,[…]

    (Can we date this quote?), Marius Nel, LGBTIQ + people and Pentecostals: An African Pentecostal hermeneutic perspective, LIT Verlag Münster, →ISBN, page 294

    This is the condition you need before you can be bold enough to speak against gayism. Be sexually refined before you speak against homosexuality. Everyone should be sexually righteous. By this, your eyes must be refined of sexual[…]

    2020 December 11, Tella Olayeri, Deliverance from Spirit of Dog, GOD'S LINK VENTURES
  3. uncommonuncountableDiscrimination against gay people; hostility toward gay people.

    For quotations using this term, see Citations:gayism.

    Synonyms: antigayism, homophobia

Synonyms & antonyms

nounDiscrimination against gay people; hostility toward gay people.

Similar
antigayismhomophobia
Also see
homosexualism

Origin

From gay + -ism. The formation of sense 2 is similar to e.g. transgenderism; the formation of sense 3, "discrimination based on gayness", is similar to e.g. sexism being discrimination based on sex or racism being discrimination based on race.

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gayism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gayism

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“gayism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gayism. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gayism,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gayism.

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