queerness

== English == === Etymology === From queer + -ness. === Pronunciation === === Noun === queerness (countable and uncountable, plural queernesses) (uncountable) The quality of being queer or odd. (countable) Something queer; an oddity. (uncountable, possibly offensive) Homosexuality. (uncountable) The quality of being queer, in the sense of not conforming to sexual or gender norms. ==== Synonyms ==== (state of being): queerhood (state of being odd): abnormality, oddness, weirdness; see also Thesaurus:strangeness (an oddity): deviance, irregularity, outlier; see also Thesaurus:anomaly (state of not conforming to sexual norms): nonheterosexuality ==== Hyponyms ==== (state of not conforming to sexual norms): gayness, homosexuality ==== Translations ====