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Meaning of sapphism | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
/ˈsæ.fɪzm̩/

Definitions

Lesbianism; female homosexuality.

uncountable, usually

Equivalents

Deutsch Sapphismus
Español safismo
Français saphisme sapphisme
Italiano saffismo
日本語 サッフィズム
Nederlands sapfisme
Português safismo

Examples

“Its odd that yᵉ Roman Women did not borrow that horrible Vice from Greece—it has a Greek name now & is called Sapphism, but I never did hear of it in Italy where the Ladies are today exactly what Juvenal described them in his Time—neither better nor worse as I can find.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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