Homo

Word HOMO
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Definitions and meanings of "Homo"

What do we mean by homo?

Used as a disparaging term for a gay man or lesbian. noun

An element in some compounds of Greek origin, meaning ‘the same’: opposed to hetero-. noun

The typical and single genus of Hominidæ mankind; the human race. noun

Short form of homosexual. noun

Homogenized milk with a high butterfat content. noun

(sometimes pejorative) Of or pertaining to homosexuality. adjective

(Canada, US) Homogenized; almost always said of milk with a high butterfat content. adjective

Any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage noun

Someone who practices homosexuality; having a sexual attraction to persons of the same sex noun

A human.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Homo

The word "homo" in example sentences

"_Unus homo, nullus homo_" is a Latin proverb which means that one man alone is no man at all. ❋ William De Witt Hyde (1887)

For we must vnderstand that the spirit of God there, speaking of sciences, vnderstandes them that are lawfull; for except they be lawfull, they are but _abusiuè_ called sciences, & are but ignorances indeede: _Nam homo pictus, non est homo_. ❋ King Of England James I (1595)

By the official promulgation to the term homoöusion, theological speculation received ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

At the Council of Nicea (325 AD), the Second Person was declared to be consubstantial with the Father, where the term homo-ousios became the consecrated word for expressing perfect numerical identity of nature between the Father and His Son who became incarnate. ❋ TheRealPresence.org (2009)

Paul cites homosexuality ( "homo" comes from the Greek word meaning "same," not the Latin homo, "man") not because it is a worse sin but because it exemplifies better than other sins the very nature of sin, which is the perversion of an original good, and hence idolatry. ❋ Unknown (2009)

It's why I came up with the term homo sap to describe them. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I notice it came from the Latin word homo -- a man. ❋ Unknown (1868)

I-right-I employs the same M.O. w/strikingly similiar rhetoric. any attempt to debate winds up mired in homo-erotic flaming. ❋ Unknown (2005)

And yes, many of them argue that the only acceptable homo is the celebate and virginal homo. ❋ Unknown (2010)

We are social mammals -- we are not lone tigers, as those who believe in homo economus would have us be, any more than we are social insects, as the socialists would have us be. ❋ Unknown (2009)

| Reply hey, BH - give us a break - are you a "man" (as in homo sapiens - either male, female), a mouse, or a shill for some piece of silicon? ❋ Unknown (2009)

Sorry, biological Cylons is a better description than homo (as in homo sapiens) Cylons. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Significant "evolutionary" advances, both practical and spiritual, have appeared universally in homo sapien sapiens within traceable history, all over the world, all within limited time slices. ❋ Unknown (2006)

For Peter, as for Henry of Ghent (who also wrote a Syncategoreumata) the expression homo (man) in homo est animal (˜Man is an animal™) has simple supposition: it stands for the universal nature of humanity. ❋ Spruyt, Joke (2007)

Hence the expression homo necessario est animal (˜A man is necessarily an animal™) is only true on the condition that a man exists. ❋ Spruyt, Joke (2007)

If homo is a sin, then by definition hetero must be a sin too. ❋ Unknown (2005)

But I do not look at your lifestyle (for if homo is a lifestyle, then hetero is too) as something to be disagreed with or judged. ❋ Unknown (2005)

I'll paint the word homo across my back, and the word dyke across my ass .... two letters on each cheek, and the word dyke on my stomach .... and run rampant though churches at random during their sunday morning services. ❋ Dykeinside (2005)

Without going into either the ethics or the necessities of the case, we have reached so much common ground: the female of genus homo is supported by the male. ❋ Unknown (1898)

The female of genus homo is economically dependent on the male. ❋ Unknown (1898)

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