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Sapphism

Sapphism meaning

Lesbianism; female homosexuality.

Example sentences (2)

The adjective "sapphic", and the related "sapphist", "sapphism" etc. all also come from Sappho.

The terms lesbian, invert and homosexual were interchangeable with sapphist and sapphism around the turn of the 20th century.