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单词 homophile
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Definition of homophile in English:

homophile

adjectiveˈhɒməfʌɪlˈhəʊməfʌɪlˈhoʊməˌfaɪl
  • 1Relating to homosexuals.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The young "newspaper of America's homophile community" added, "For the first time in nearly 2,000 years, homosexuals are back in the mainstream of the political process, stating their case before a national audience that has finally begun to listen."
    • From that point on, homophile magazines were spared censorship by postal or other authorities.
    • Advertisements were placed in homophile publications.
    • That year I took a homophile studies course.
    • In 1971 I took one of the first homophile courses in the country, from Lou Crompton, who was a remarkable scholar.
    • There were inevitably certain restrictions upon clergy which were not necessarily incumbent upon laity, and one such restriction was the possibility of living in a sexually active homophile relationship.
    • I'd taken courses in literature and language - from Latin drama to modern poetry, from restoration drama to homophile studies.
    • The bishops recognized that the ministries of many homophile clergy are highly dedicated and have been greatly blessed.
    • When such a person wishes it to be known more publicly that they are homophile in orientation, but who are nevertheless committed to a life of abstinence, such a person ought to be accepted and supported by the Church in every way possible.
    • What would happen in the case of a church sued by a homosexual who claims that the church's teaching that homophile behavior is an intrinsic moral evil is a violation of his or her civil liberties?
    Synonyms
    gay, lesbian, sapphic, lesbigay
    1. 1.1 Active in supporting the rights of homosexuals.
      early homophile organizations
      Example sentencesExamples
      • As the film shows, new activist organizations sprang up in the wake of the 1969 Stonewall riot, replacing the more staid "homophile" groups of the '50s.
      • In Los Angeles the homophile group One Inc. began publishing One, an influential early gay periodical.
      • The newest research results were presented by doctors, psychologists, lawyers, sociologists and staff from various homophile organizations in Europe and America.
      • Latinos, Asians and African-Americans began to play a leading role in the homophile movement.
      • Early homophile organizations were often divided between those who continued to see scientific studies as the source of homosexual liberation and those who did not.
      • He maintained contacts with homophile groups in France, Germany, Scandinavia and Holland.
      • I'd definitely want to sit in on some of the first meetings of the Washington chapter of the homophile organization the Mattachine Society, cofounded by pioneering activist Frank Kameny in D.C. in the late '50s.
      • The 1973 political victory won by early homophile activists who lobbied the American Medical Association to remove homosexuality from the Diagnostic Statistics Manual garners only one paragraph.
      • Fifty homophile organizations that year had turned into eight hundred gay liberation groups by 1973, and thousands by 1979.
      • Its first phase, the homophile movement, started in 1950 when several homosexual men, most former communist and progressive activists, founded the Mattachine Society in Los Angeles.
      • Part 3 concentrates on the interaction between gay men and lesbians in the homophile movements of the period 1960-1969 which he usefully dubs ‘militantly respectable’.
      • In the early '70s many lesbians deserted the homophile and gay liberation movements in protest against male chauvinism.
nounˈhɒməfʌɪlˈhəʊməfʌɪlˈhoʊməˌfaɪl
  • 1A homosexual person.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It's now almost impossible for Dr. Ink, an obsequious homophile, to sing "Don we now our gay apparel" without thinking of reindeer in drag.
    • If you are not a homophile or comfortable with explicit language and images, better not follow that link.
    • We recognise that there are major questions to be faced concerning the attitudes to homophiles in both Church and society.
    • As you stroll through the grounds, you may eventually come upon a most impressive tomb - for the famous English homophile, Oscar Wilde.
    • Many of us were frustrated by what seemed like the complacency of older gays, just as they had once been frustrated by the meekness of an even earlier generation of homophiles.
    Synonyms
    gay, lesbian, gay person, lesbigay
    1. 1.1 A person active in supporting the rights of homosexuals.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • He splits his time between his new drag friends and a group of tight-assed middle-class homophiles who whine for social tolerance.
      • Homophiles conceived of sexuality as a quintessentially private domain, but to support this private right, they argued, public education was necessary.
      • It's the liberal homophiles who will be given a green light to do such things as push homosexuality onto your children in the public schools.
      • Some homophiles likened George Henry, an outspoken advocate for a more compassionate but pathological view of homosexuals, to a "well-meaning lyncher".
      • New York's Gay Activists Alliance, dedicated to nonviolent protest, has provided youthful leadership for homophiles of varying ideological persuasions.

Origin

1960s: from homosexual + -phile.

Definition of homophile in US English:

homophile

adjectiveˈhoʊməˌfaɪlˈhōməˌfīl
  • 1Relating to homosexuals.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • There were inevitably certain restrictions upon clergy which were not necessarily incumbent upon laity, and one such restriction was the possibility of living in a sexually active homophile relationship.
    • I'd taken courses in literature and language - from Latin drama to modern poetry, from restoration drama to homophile studies.
    • In 1971 I took one of the first homophile courses in the country, from Lou Crompton, who was a remarkable scholar.
    • The young "newspaper of America's homophile community" added, "For the first time in nearly 2,000 years, homosexuals are back in the mainstream of the political process, stating their case before a national audience that has finally begun to listen."
    • From that point on, homophile magazines were spared censorship by postal or other authorities.
    • That year I took a homophile studies course.
    • When such a person wishes it to be known more publicly that they are homophile in orientation, but who are nevertheless committed to a life of abstinence, such a person ought to be accepted and supported by the Church in every way possible.
    • Advertisements were placed in homophile publications.
    • What would happen in the case of a church sued by a homosexual who claims that the church's teaching that homophile behavior is an intrinsic moral evil is a violation of his or her civil liberties?
    • The bishops recognized that the ministries of many homophile clergy are highly dedicated and have been greatly blessed.
    Synonyms
    gay, lesbian, sapphic, lesbigay
    1. 1.1 Active in supporting the rights of homosexuals.
      early homophile organizations
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Fifty homophile organizations that year had turned into eight hundred gay liberation groups by 1973, and thousands by 1979.
      • The newest research results were presented by doctors, psychologists, lawyers, sociologists and staff from various homophile organizations in Europe and America.
      • In the early '70s many lesbians deserted the homophile and gay liberation movements in protest against male chauvinism.
      • Early homophile organizations were often divided between those who continued to see scientific studies as the source of homosexual liberation and those who did not.
      • Part 3 concentrates on the interaction between gay men and lesbians in the homophile movements of the period 1960-1969 which he usefully dubs ‘militantly respectable’.
      • Latinos, Asians and African-Americans began to play a leading role in the homophile movement.
      • I'd definitely want to sit in on some of the first meetings of the Washington chapter of the homophile organization the Mattachine Society, cofounded by pioneering activist Frank Kameny in D.C. in the late '50s.
      • As the film shows, new activist organizations sprang up in the wake of the 1969 Stonewall riot, replacing the more staid "homophile" groups of the '50s.
      • He maintained contacts with homophile groups in France, Germany, Scandinavia and Holland.
      • In Los Angeles the homophile group One Inc. began publishing One, an influential early gay periodical.
      • Its first phase, the homophile movement, started in 1950 when several homosexual men, most former communist and progressive activists, founded the Mattachine Society in Los Angeles.
      • The 1973 political victory won by early homophile activists who lobbied the American Medical Association to remove homosexuality from the Diagnostic Statistics Manual garners only one paragraph.
nounˈhoʊməˌfaɪlˈhōməˌfīl
  • 1A homosexual man or woman.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • As you stroll through the grounds, you may eventually come upon a most impressive tomb - for the famous English homophile, Oscar Wilde.
    • We recognise that there are major questions to be faced concerning the attitudes to homophiles in both Church and society.
    • It's now almost impossible for Dr. Ink, an obsequious homophile, to sing "Don we now our gay apparel" without thinking of reindeer in drag.
    • If you are not a homophile or comfortable with explicit language and images, better not follow that link.
    • Many of us were frustrated by what seemed like the complacency of older gays, just as they had once been frustrated by the meekness of an even earlier generation of homophiles.
    Synonyms
    gay, lesbian, gay person, lesbigay
    1. 1.1 A person active in supporting the rights of homosexuals.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • He splits his time between his new drag friends and a group of tight-assed middle-class homophiles who whine for social tolerance.
      • It's the liberal homophiles who will be given a green light to do such things as push homosexuality onto your children in the public schools.
      • Homophiles conceived of sexuality as a quintessentially private domain, but to support this private right, they argued, public education was necessary.
      • New York's Gay Activists Alliance, dedicated to nonviolent protest, has provided youthful leadership for homophiles of varying ideological persuasions.
      • Some homophiles likened George Henry, an outspoken advocate for a more compassionate but pathological view of homosexuals, to a "well-meaning lyncher".

Origin

1960s: from homosexual + -phile.

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