- the use of symbolism, allusions, situations, etc., involving sexual attraction or activity between people of the same gender in art, literature, drama, or the like:Wilde's first novel was attacked for its homoeroticism and decadence.
- sexual attraction to people of one's own gender; homosexuality: She was not ready to confront her own unexplored homoeroticism.
- eroticism centred on or aroused by persons of one's own sex
