Explore Homophile through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like gay or homosexual. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Homophile in a sentence
Homophile meaning
- Reacting only with homologous antigens.
- Homosexual, gay or lesbian, having a sexual or romantic preference for persons of one's own gender; used to emphasize love over sex.
- Of or pertaining to the “homophile movement”, a gay activist movement emphasizing love over sex.
Synonyms of Homophile
Using Homophile
- The main meaning on this page is: Reacting only with homologous antigens. | Homosexual, gay or lesbian, having a sexual or romantic preference for persons of one's own gender; used to emphasize love over sex. | Of or pertaining to the “homophile movement”, a gay activist movement emphasizing love over sex.
- Useful related words include: gay, homosexual, mortal, somebody.
- In the example corpus, homophile often appears in combinations such as: homophile organizations, the homophile, homophile movement.
Context around Homophile
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 4 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 10 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Homophile
- In this selection, "homophile" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, term, organizations, movement and gay stand out and add context to how "homophile" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include homophile activism in and homophile organizations as. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "homophile" sits close to words such as aadi, aakash and aayush, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with homophile
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
These groups usually preferred the term homophile to homosexual, emphasizing love over sex. (13 words)
The homophile movement lobbied to establish a prominent influence in political systems of social acceptability. (15 words)
According to Gay Lib writer Toby Marotta, "their Gay political outlooks were not homophile but liberationist". (16 words)
Clendinen, p. 31. The rise of militancy became apparent to Frank Kameny and Barbara Gittings—who had worked in homophile organizations for years and were both very public about their roles—when they attended a GLF meeting to see the new group. (42 words)
His "growing feeling of discomfort with biphobia in the homophile/gay liberation movement was a major factor" in his deciding to quit the movement and enlist in the Navy after graduating from Columbia in 1970. (35 words)
Homophile activism In response to this trend, two organizations formed independently of each other to advance the cause of homosexuals and provide social opportunities where gays and lesbians could socialize without fear of being arrested. (35 words)
Example sentences (10)
According to Gay Lib writer Toby Marotta, "their Gay political outlooks were not homophile but liberationist".
Clendinen, p. 31. The rise of militancy became apparent to Frank Kameny and Barbara Gittings—who had worked in homophile organizations for years and were both very public about their roles—when they attended a GLF meeting to see the new group.
His "growing feeling of discomfort with biphobia in the homophile/gay liberation movement was a major factor" in his deciding to quit the movement and enlist in the Navy after graduating from Columbia in 1970.
Homophile activism In response to this trend, two organizations formed independently of each other to advance the cause of homosexuals and provide social opportunities where gays and lesbians could socialize without fear of being arrested.
Homophile organizations—as homosexual groups were called—grew in number and spread to the East Coast.
Kay Lahusen, who photographed the marches in 1965, stated, "Up to 1969, this movement was generally called the homosexual or homophile movement..
The homophile movement lobbied to establish a prominent influence in political systems of social acceptability.
The Mattachine and DOB considered the trials of being arrested for wearing clothing of the opposite gender as a parallel to the struggles of homophile organizations: similar but distinctly separate.
The motif of masks and unmasking was prevalent in the homophile era, prefiguring the political strategy of coming out and giving the Mattachine Society its name.
These groups usually preferred the term homophile to homosexual, emphasizing love over sex.
Common combinations with homophile
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: