Associations to the word «Homo»

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.

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.