Sexual inversion
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Definition
A historical term for homosexuality, based on a late-19th- and early-20th-century theory that treated same-sex attraction as an inborn reversal of gender traits.
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Historical meaning
“Sexual inversion” described homosexuality in a late-19th- and early-20th-century theory that interpreted it as an inborn reversal of gender traits. The term belongs to historical discussions of sexuality rather than current neutral terminology.