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sapphism

[ saf-iz-uhm ]

sapphism

/ ˈæɪə /

noun

  1. a less common word for lesbianism See lesbianism
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • p󾱲 noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of sapphism1

First recorded in 1885–90; Sapph(o) + -ism
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of sapphism1

C19: after Sappho , who is believed to have been a lesbian
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“I also need your word that you will neither judge me nor view my forthcoming confessions as support of harmful notions about the legitimacy of sapphism.”

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Court recently took it upon herself to warn the world that “tennis is full of lesbians”; what’s more, they’re the militant sort, intent on spreading sapphism willy-nilly.

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I might also instance two sisters of the gardener caste, both widows, who 'lived apart' and indulged in simultaneous sapphism.

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