Definitions
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- noun Used as a disparaging term for a gay man or lesbian.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An element in some compounds of Greek origin, meaning ‘the same’: opposed to hetero-.
- noun The typical and single genus of Hominidæ mankind; the human race.
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- noun colloquial, often pejorative Short form of
homosexual . - noun uncountable, dated, US, Canada
Homogenized milk with a highbutterfat content. - adjective colloquial (sometimes
pejorative ) Of or pertaining tohomosexuality . - adjective not comparable (
Canada , US)Homogenized ; almost always said ofmilk with a highbutterfat content.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage
- noun someone who practices homosexuality; having a sexual attraction to persons of the same sex
Etymologies
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Examples
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"_Unus homo, nullus homo_" is a Latin proverb which means that one man alone is no man at all.
Practical Ethics William De Witt Hyde 1887
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For we must vnderstand that the spirit of God there, speaking of sciences, vnderstandes them that are lawfull; for except they be lawfull, they are but _abusiuè_ called sciences, & are but ignorances indeede: _Nam homo pictus, non est homo_.
Daemonologie. King of England James I 1595
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By the official promulgation to the term homoöusion, theological speculation received
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913
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At the Council of Nicea (325 AD), the Second Person was declared to be consubstantial with the Father, where the term homo-ousios became the consecrated word for expressing perfect numerical identity of nature between the Father and His Son who became incarnate.
Latest Articles TheRealPresence.org 2009
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Paul cites homosexuality ( "homo" comes from the Greek word meaning "same," not the Latin homo, "man") not because it is a worse sin but because it exemplifies better than other sins the very nature of sin, which is the perversion of an original good, and hence idolatry.
Apprising Ministries 2009
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It's why I came up with the term homo sap to describe them.
Political Animal 2009
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I notice it came from the Latin word homo -- a man.
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I-right-I employs the same M.O. w/strikingly similiar rhetoric. any attempt to debate winds up mired in homo-erotic flaming.
Think Progress » Google Cache Thwarts Bush Spin Machine 2005
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And yes, many of them argue that the only acceptable homo is the celebate and virginal homo.
The Volokh Conspiracy » San Jose State University Continues to Suspend All Blood Drives on Campus 2010
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We are social mammals -- we are not lone tigers, as those who believe in homo economus would have us be, any more than we are social insects, as the socialists would have us be.
Feminism and Just Price Theory, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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homo erectus
July 15, 2009