queerness

Other forms: queernesses

Definitions of queerness

1. noun

   a strange attitude or habit
   synonyms: crotchet, oddity, quirk, quirkiness

   types:

   tic

   a usually unconscious habit or quirk of speech or behavior

   type of:

   strangeness, unfamiliarity

   unusualness as a consequence of not being well known
2. noun

   a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the same sex
   synonyms: gayness, homoeroticism, homosexualism, homosexuality

   types:

   inversion, sexual inversion

   a term formerly used to mean taking on the gender role of the opposite sex

   lesbianism, sapphism

   female homosexuality

   paederasty, pederasty

   sexual relations between a man and a boy (usually anal intercourse with the boy as a passive partner)

   tribadism

   a form of lesbianism that simulates heterosexual intercourse

   type of:

   sex, sex activity, sexual activity, sexual practice

   activities associated with sexual intercourse