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sapphism

Noun CEFR B2
ˈsæ.fɪzm̩

Definitions

Lesbianism; female homosexuality.

uncountable, usually

Equivalents

Españolsafismo
DeutschSapphismus
4 more languages
Italianosaffismo
Nederlandssapfisme
Portuguêssafismo

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 Timeneither 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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