Associations to the word «Homo»

Wiktionary

HOMO, noun. (colloquial) (often pejorative) Short form of homosexual.
HOMO, noun. (uncountable) (dated) (US) (Canada) Homogenized milk with a high butterfat content.
HOMO, adjective. (colloquial) (sometimes pejorative) Of or pertaining to homosexuality.
HOMO, adjective. (not comparable) (Canada) (US) Homogenized; almost always said of milk with a high butterfat content.
HOMO, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Hominidae   — various species of man, all but one of which is extinct.
HOMO, acronym. (chemistry) highest occupied molecular orbital
HOMO ECONOMICUS, noun. (economics) A human being regarded as a rational and narrowly self-interested actor capable of making judgments in order to attain its own particular goals.
HOMO ERECTUS, proper noun. A taxonomic species within the family Hominidae   — "upright man" (extinct).
HOMO ERGASTER, proper noun. A taxonomic species, within genus Homo - "working man" (extinct)
HOMO FLORESIENSIS, proper noun. A taxonomic species within the family Hominidae   — extinct recent species of man, of short stature.
HOMO HABILIS, proper noun. A taxonomic species within the family Hominidae   — extinct species of human.
HOMO HEIDELBERGENSIS, proper noun. A taxonomic species within the family Homo   — Heidelberg man, an ancestor of the Neanderthal.
HOMO MARRIAGE, noun. (derogatory) (slang) Synonym of same-sex marriage.
HOMO MILK, noun. (Canada) homogenized milk
HOMO NALEDI, proper noun. A taxonomic species within the family Hominidae   — extinct species of human.
HOMO NEANDERTHALENSIS, proper noun. A taxonomic species within the family Hominidae   — Neanderthal man (extinct).
HOMO OECONOMICUS, noun. Concept in some economic theories of humans as rational and narrowly self-interested actors who have the ability to make judgments toward their subjectively defined ends.
HOMO POLITICUS, noun. (derogatory) The stereotypical behaviour of people in a political setting.
HOMO POLITICUS, noun. In political science a concept coined by Plato that posits that man is essentially a political animal.
HOMO RUDOLFENSIS, proper noun. A taxonomic species, within genus Homo - (extinct)
HOMO SAPIEN, noun. (proscribed) A member of the species Homo sapiens.
HOMO SAPIEN, noun. Alternative spelling of Homo sapien
HOMO SAPIENS, proper noun. A taxonomic species within the family Hominidae   — human.
HOMO SAPIENS IDALTU, proper noun. A taxonomic subspecies within the family Hominidae   — an extinct subspecies of man identified from fossils found in Ethiopia.
HOMO SAPIENS SAPIENS, proper noun. A taxonomic subspecies within the family Hominidae   — modern man.
HOMO STUPIDUS, proper noun. (obsolete) Taxonomic name proposed by Ernst Haeckel for Neanderthal man.

Dictionary definition

HOMO, noun. Someone who practices homosexuality; having a sexual attraction to persons of the same sex.
HOMO, noun. Any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage.

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