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Queerness

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Queerness is a noun meaning (uncountable) The quality of being queer or odd.

Meaning

(uncountable) The quality of being queer or odd.

More Meanings

  1. (countable) Something queer; an oddity.
  2. (uncountable, possibly offensive) Homosexuality.
  3. (uncountable) The quality of being queer, in the sense of not conforming to sexual or gender norms.

Example Sentences

My queerness and my addiction to alcohol flourished in a tiny bar tucked in San Francisco’s Castro district.

Word Forms

Synonyms for queerness

Depending on context, synonyms include queerhood, abnormality, oddness, weirdness, deviance, irregularity.

queerhoodabnormalityoddnessweirdnessdevianceirregularityoutliernonheterosexualityoddityquirkcrotchetquirkiness

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include quirkiness, quirk, oddity, crotchet, queerity, queerishness.

quirkinessquirkodditycrotchetqueerityqueerishnessqueerhoododdnessgenderqueernessweirdnessstrangenessheteroqueernessqueerdomunusualnesshomosexualnessquiddityothernessgaynessquizzityeccentricity

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