“+ noun
1. : atypical sexuality characterized by manifestation of sexual desire toward a member of one's own sex
2. : erotic activity with a member of one's own sex — compare lesbianism
3.
a. : a stage in normal psychosexual development occurring during prepuberty in the male and during early adolescence in the female during which libidinal gratification is sought with members of one's own sex
b. : the extent to which one's libido is fixated at a homoerotic level