homosexual
/ˌhəʊməˈsekʃuəl/adjective
उच्चारण होमसेक्शुअल
समलैंगिक
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as one-word substitution
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sexually attracted to people of the same sex
समलैंगिक
- In 2018 the Supreme Court of India ruled that homosexual relations between consenting adults are not a crime.
- Many countries now recognise the rights of homosexual couples.
- The survey asked about attitudes towards homosexual couples.
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- Many young people are open about being homosexual.
- The film tells the story of a homosexual teacher in a small town.
Opposite heterosexual
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a person who is sexually attracted to people of the same sex
समलैंगिक व्यक्ति
- The law protects homosexuals from discrimination at work.
- Homosexuals should be treated with the same respect as everyone else.
- The novelist, a homosexual, wrote openly about his life.
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- Several homosexuals spoke at the conference about equal rights.
- Every homosexual deserves the same dignity as any other citizen.
Opposite heterosexual
§Structures (grammar patterns) 5
homosexual (adjective) + noun
As an adjective it describes attraction between people of the same sex. It is a clinical or legal word, and in everyday speech people usually say gay or lesbian.
Adjective के रूप में यह समान लिंग के लोगों के बीच आकर्षण का वर्णन करता है। यह चिकित्सकीय या कानूनी शब्द है, और रोज़मर्रा की बातचीत में लोग प्रायः gay या lesbian कहते हैं।
- The report discusses homosexual relationships in the law.
- The court dealt with the rights of homosexual couples.
a homosexual (noun) vs homosexual people
Used as a noun, homosexual can sound cold or even offensive today. It is safer to use the adjective with a noun, as in homosexual people or gay men.
Noun के रूप में 'homosexual' आज रूखा या अपमानजनक भी लग सकता है। Adjective के साथ noun का प्रयोग अधिक सुरक्षित है, जैसे homosexual people या gay men।
- Homosexual people have the same right to respect as everyone else.
- The article avoids labels and speaks of gay men and women.
homosexual + orientation / behaviour / rights
In formal writing it appears in phrases about orientation, rights and law.
औपचारिक लेखन में यह अभिविन्यास, अधिकार और कानून से जुड़े phrases में आता है।
- The Supreme Court ruled on homosexual acts between adults in 2018.
homosexuality (noun)
The noun for the state is homosexuality, and it is uncountable.
इस अवस्था के लिए noun 'homosexuality' है, और वह अगणनीय है।
- Homosexuality was once treated as a crime in many countries.
homosexual vs heterosexual
These are opposites: heterosexual means attracted to the opposite sex.
ये विपरीतार्थी हैं: 'heterosexual' का अर्थ विपरीत लिंग के प्रति आकर्षित है।
- The survey included both heterosexual and homosexual respondents.
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homosexual + noun
relationshipcoupleorientationbehaviourmarriagecommunity
- The case concerned the rights of a homosexual couple.
verb + homosexual (formal)
beidentify asbe consideredbe described as
- He chose not to be described as homosexual in the article.
law and society
decriminaliselegaliseacceptdiscriminate againstprotect
- Many countries have decided to decriminalise homosexual acts.
preferred everyday words
gaylesbianbisexualLGBT
- The magazine used the word gay in most of its stories.
“More examples 5
- The textbook explains the word homosexual in its chapter on social change.
पाठ्यपुस्तक अपने सामाजिक परिवर्तन के अध्याय में 'homosexual' शब्द की व्याख्या करती है।
- Discrimination against homosexual people is against the spirit of equality.
समलैंगिक लोगों के साथ भेदभाव समानता की भावना के विरुद्ध है।
- Radhika's essay discussed how homosexual rights have changed in India.
राधिका के निबंध में चर्चा की गई कि भारत में समलैंगिक अधिकार कैसे बदले हैं।
- Doctors no longer treat homosexuality as a disease.
चिकित्सक अब समलैंगिकता को रोग नहीं मानते।
- The documentary followed the lives of a homosexual couple in Mumbai.
वृत्तचित्र ने मुंबई में एक समलैंगिक जोड़े के जीवन का अनुसरण किया।
◇Word family
≈Synonyms and antonyms
§Grammar and usage
Usage: in everyday speech, gay (for men or for all) and lesbian (for women) are often preferred, and the noun homosexual can sound formal or clinical.
रोज़मर्रा की बातचीत में अक्सर gay (पुरुषों या सभी के लिए) और lesbian (महिलाओं के लिए) अधिक पसंद किए जाते हैं, और noun homosexual औपचारिक या चिकित्सीय लग सकता है।
⌂Word origin and word building
From the Greek word homos, meaning same, as in homogeneous and homonym.
यह Greek शब्द homos से बना है, जिसका अर्थ same (समान) है, जैसे homogeneous और homonym में।