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SAPPHISM

Dictionary entry overview: What does sapphism mean?

• SAPPHISM (noun)
The noun SAPPHISM has 1 sense:

1. female homosexuality

Familiarity information: SAPPHISM used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• SAPPHISM (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Female homosexuality

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

lesbianism; sapphism

Hypernyms ("sapphism" is a kind of...):

gayness; homoeroticism; homosexualism; homosexuality; queerness (a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the same sex)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sapphism"):

tribadism (a form of lesbianism that simulates heterosexual intercourse)

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