homoerotic

adjective

ho·​mo·​erot·​ic ˌhō-mō-i-ˈrä-tik 

: of, relating to, or involving sexual activity between people of the same sex

specifically : marked by, revealing, or portraying sexual desire between people of the same sex

homoerotic photographs

homoeroticism

ˌhō-mō-i-ˈrä-tə-ˌsi-zəm 

noun

Examples of homoerotic in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Originally released anonymously, this homoerotic fantasia created by the photographer James Bidgood, newly restored by the film and television archive at the University of California, Los Angeles, gets its first theatrical run in 54 years at Metrograph, starting April 11. —J. Hoberman, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025

A number of homoerotic pictures of svelte, young nude men have a vaguely predatory air. —Chris Wiley, New Yorker, 26 Apr. 2025

The poet Erin Perez opened the evening with work about homoerotic friendships, followed by readings of her own LetterBoxd reviews. —Savannah Sobrevilla, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025

There was the homoerotic work of Robert Mapplethorpe, and also the Andres Serrano picture Piss Christ, which was a crucifix in very bubbly stuff that looked like urine. —Zoe G. Phillips, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Mar. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1915, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for homoerotic

• antibiotic
• antipsychotic
• antithrombotic
• epizootic
• psychoneurotic
• unpatriotic
• xenobiotic
• abiotic
• aeronautic
• apoptotic
• asymptotic
• cyanotic

Medical Definition

homoerotic

adjective

ho·​mo·​erot·​ic ˌhō-mō-i-ˈrät-ik 

: of, relating to, or involving sexual activity between people of the same sex

homoeroticism

-i-ˈrät-ə-ˌsiz-əm 

noun

also homoerotism

-ˈer-ə-ˌtiz-əm