homocentric
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Having a homosexual bias or basis.
adj
Example Sentences
- "Naturally, there exist three kinds of optical beams: parallel, divergent, and convergent (see Fig. 1.1.1). If a beam, either divergent or convergent, has a single point of intersection of all optical rays it is called a homocentric beam (Fig. 1.1.1b,c). An example of a non-homocentric beam is shown in Fig. 1.1.1 d."
- "With this year's onslaught of homocentric networks, queer television programs for 2005 literally run the entire gay gamut."
- "Hay's main concern, in the light of an antigreen backlash, is that homocentric democracy is insufficient for the achievement of the ecocentric goals[…]"
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *somHós Proto-Hellenic *homós Ancient Greek ὁμός (homós)der. English homo- Proto-Indo-European *ḱen-? Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Indo-European *ḱéntrom Proto-Hellenic *kéntron Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek κεντρικός (kentrikós)der. English -centric English homocentric From homo- + -centric.
Inflected Forms
more homocentric (comparative)
most homocentric (superlative)