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Definition of Sapphism
1. Noun. Female homosexuality.
Generic synonyms: Gayness, Homoeroticism, Homosexualism, Homosexuality, Queerness
Specialized synonyms: Tribadism
Definition of Sapphism
1. Noun. lesbianism; female homosexuality ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sapphism
1. lesbianism [n -S] - See also: lesbianism
Medical Definition of Sapphism
1. Female homosexuality. Named after the poet Sappho who lived on the greek island of lesbos (circa 600 bc). She was a lesbian by geography and sexual orientation. Also called lesbianism. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sapphism
Literary usage of Sapphism
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Medical and Surgical Reporter (1894)
"Read the first chapter of Paul's Epistle to the Romans, and see how plainly sodomy
and sapphism are spoken of as crimes of the day. ..."
2. Public Scandals: Sexual Orientation and Criminal Law in Romania : a Report by Human Rights Watch (Organization) (1998)
"There was no clear sense of what "sexual inversion" was: commentators could still
invoke "pederasty," "sapphism," and "tribadism," assigning meanings to ..."
3. Passion and Criminality in France: A Legal and Literary Study by Louis Proal (1901)
"... virtue more tiresome than vice; they have embellished melancholy, phthisis,
perversions of the sexual instinct, sapphism, Sadism, Masochism, adultery, ..."
4. A Textbook of the diseases of women by Henry Jacques Garrigues (1894)
"... laws and public opinion will permit; by masturbation, sapphism (the same as
tribadism), sodomy, and even norm d coition if performed too violently. ..."
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