Wondering how to use Lesbianism in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as sapphism or homosexuality.
Lesbianism in a sentence
Lesbianism meaning
Female homosexuality; the state of a woman being sexually attracted to other women.
Synonyms of Lesbianism
Using Lesbianism
- The main meaning on this page is: Female homosexuality; the state of a woman being sexually attracted to other women.
- Useful related words include: sapphism, homosexuality, homosexualism, homoeroticism.
- In the example corpus, lesbianism often appears in combinations such as: of lesbianism, and lesbianism, lesbianism is.
Context around Lesbianism
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 5 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Lesbianism
- In this selection, "lesbianism" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 24.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, depicting, hypocrisy, practicing, homosexuality, became and targeted stand out and add context to how "lesbianism" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include about depicting lesbianism or sex and about your lesbianism with yourself. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "lesbianism" sits close to words such as abadi, abdelaziz and absolutist, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with lesbianism
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Also not a bad argument for lesbianism. (7 words)
It is not a form of lesbianism. (7 words)
God hates lesbianism an because of it he destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah. (12 words)
You can tell him what you told me: that you love him fiercely and you hate the idea of causing him pain, but you’ve come to realize you’re no longer attracted to men and need to be honest about your lesbianism with yourself and with him. (48 words)
Faderman (1981), p. 241. Krafft-Ebing, who considered lesbianism (what he termed " Uranism ") a neurological disease, and Ellis, who was influenced by Krafft-Ebing's writings, disagreed about whether sexual inversion was generally a lifelong condition. (36 words)
Although we may find concerns about depicting lesbianism or sex work on stage as signs of a more benighted time, the treatment of Sholem Asch provides a cautionary tale that speaks to our own age. (35 words)
Or are you saying that witchcraft and lesbianism is a natural part of that new order? (16 words)
Example sentences (20)
Although we may find concerns about depicting lesbianism or sex work on stage as signs of a more benighted time, the treatment of Sholem Asch provides a cautionary tale that speaks to our own age.
Only once did she attempt a specifically lesbian novel, which was daring given that lesbianism back then was a secret world, one that dared not speak its name.
In addition to scrubbing all lesbianism out, It was also weird that in the movie they insinuated that Jessica Tandy’s character was Idgie.
Our society is filled with hypocrisy, lesbianism/homosexuality started way before social media, predominantly in the north.
You can tell him what you told me: that you love him fiercely and you hate the idea of causing him pain, but you’ve come to realize you’re no longer attracted to men and need to be honest about your lesbianism with yourself and with him.
The comics showed Captain Metropolis at his worst, as he kicked a member named Ursula Zandt out of the group when her lesbianism became public knowledge, despite his own hidden homosexuality.
This topic serves as the basis for one of my earlier columns, in which I discuss the possibility of “fuck boy fatigue” being the driving force behind sisters choosing to experiment with lesbianism.
Also not a bad argument for lesbianism.
Facebook management has deleted the Facebook account of Chanda John Chimba an online journalist who exposed a lesbian couple who had been practicing lesbianism in public.
God hates lesbianism an because of it he destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.
Or are you saying that witchcraft and lesbianism is a natural part of that new order?
According to a 1985 paper in the Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey, clitoridectomy was performed in the US into the 1960s to treat hysteria, erotomania and lesbianism.
Because of the Hays Code, lesbianism after 1930 was absent from most films, even those adapted with overt lesbian characters or plot devices.
By the 1960s, the homosexual content was dropped in favor of subjects like sadomasochism and stories of lesbianism targeted to male readers.
Charles Baudelaire repeatedly used lesbianism as a theme in his poems "Lesbos", "Femmes damnées 1" ("Damned Women"), and "Femmes damnées 2".
Faderman (1981), p. 241. Krafft-Ebing, who considered lesbianism (what he termed " Uranism ") a neurological disease, and Ellis, who was influenced by Krafft-Ebing's writings, disagreed about whether sexual inversion was generally a lifelong condition.
Faderman (1991), p. 73. Most women, however, were married to men and participated in affairs with women regularly; bisexuality was more widely accepted than lesbianism.
He also touched on lesbianism, sacred and profane love, metamorphosis, melancholy, the corruption of the city, lost innocence, the oppressiveness of living, and wine.
It is not a form of lesbianism.
It is unclear to historians if the rare instances of lesbianism mentioned in literature are an accurate historical record or intended to serve as fantasies for men.
Common combinations with lesbianism
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of lesbianism 7×
- and lesbianism 3×
- lesbianism is 3×
- lesbianism or 2×
- that lesbianism 2×
- lesbianism and 2×
- for lesbianism 2×
- lesbianism in 2×
- lesbianism as 2×
- lesbianism was 2×