Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sexual inversion

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.25 in modern English

Syllables: sex-u-al in-ver-sion
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Homosexuality, as regarded by a theory of the late 19th and early 20th century that saw it as an inborn reversal of gender traits.

Dated; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Congenital sexual inversion—that is to say, sexual instinct turned by inborn constitutional abnormality toward persons of the same sex—is a comparatively rare phenomenon, so far as our knowledge at present extends."
"The average homosexual […] [is] a young person from an upper-middle-class family who is deeply troubled by sexual inversion and painfully eager to feel acceptance within home and community."

Usage

Frequently Paired Words

inversionist invert

Synonyms

inversion

Questions

What does sexual inversion mean?: Homosexuality, as regarded by a theory of the late 19th and early 20th century that saw it as an inborn reversal of gender traits.

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