sapphism

Noun

Meaning

female homosexuality

Source: WordNet

lesbianism homosexuality bisexuality narcissism homosexualism homoeroticism sexual inversion autoeroticism zooerastia masochism fetishism sadism voyeurism sadomasochism exhibitionism

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self-hatred

homosexuality gayness queerness homosexualism homoeroticism

tribadism

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

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

sapphirine sapphirine gurnard sapphirinid sapphist sapphistry sapphite