uranism

/ ˈjʊərænɪzəm /

noun

1. a rare word for (esp male) homosexuality

Word History and Origins

Origin of uranism¹

C20: from German Uranismus, from Greek ouranios heavenly, i.e. spiritual; compare Uranian (sense 5)

Example Sentences

Uranism, form of impurity, 2534 c.

From Project Gutenberg

Then, after exploring, for the sake of greater tolerance toward three in every hundred of his fellows, the chapter on "urnings" and "uranism" �in which the four long letters, invented or not, are as remarkable as anything that will be published this year�let the reader attend a chapter which may mightily shock and profit parents teachers, preachers, public officials and alleged adults of every sort� the chapter on "Adult Infantilism In a Nation, In an Individual, In Literature."

From Time Magazine Archive

Note 7: We must agree with the spokesman of "Uranism" that some of the most prominent men known have been inverts and perhaps absolute inverts.

From Project Gutenberg

He regarded uranism, or homosexual love, as a congenital abnormality by which a female soul had become united with a male body—anima muliebris in corpore virili inclusa—and his theoretical speculations have formed the starting point for many similar speculations.

From Project Gutenberg