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Meaning of "urning" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD URNING

From German, from Urania (Aphrodite); compare uranism.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF URNING

ˈɜːnɪŋ


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF URNING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Urning is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES URNING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Uranian

Uranian is a 19th-century term that referred to a person of a third sex—originally, someone with "a female psyche in a male body" who is sexually attracted to men, and later extended to cover homosexual gender variant females, and a number of other sexual types. It is believed to be an English adaptation of the German word Urning, which was first published by activist Karl Heinrich Ulrichs in a series of five booklets which were collected under the title Forschungen über das Räthsel der mannmännlichen Liebe. Ulrich developed his terminology before the first public use of the term "homosexual", which appeared in 1869 in a pamphlet published anonymously by Karl-Maria Kertbeny. The word Uranian was derived by Ulrichs from the Greek goddess Aphrodite Urania, who was created out of god Uranus' testicles. Therefore it stands for homosexual gender, while Aphrodite Dionea is representing the heterosexual gender.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH URNING

afterburning · burning · churning · coal-burning · concerning · discerning · ferning · gut-churning · inburning · interest-earning · kerning · learning · nonearning · oil-burning · sleep-learning · slow-burning · turning · undiscerning · unreturning · yearning

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE URNING

urinous · urite · URL · urman · Urmia · Urmston · urn · urnal · urnfield · urnful · urnlike · urobilin · urobilinogen · urochord · urochordal · urochordate · urochrome · urodelan · urodele · urodelous

WORDS THAT END LIKE URNING

beginning · blended learning · book-learning · distance learning · e-learning · early-morning · early warning · early-warning · good morning · governing · health warning · lifelong learning · machine learning · morning · mourning · patterning · seat of learning · storm warning · the top of the morning · warning · yesterday morning

Synonyms and antonyms of urning in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

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urning
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рения
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Urning
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Urning
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उष्माघात
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ренію
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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «URNING»

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Nineteenth-Century Writings on Homosexuality: A Sourcebook
The normal man he calls Dioning, the abnormal man Urning. Among Urnings, those who prefer effeminate males are christened by the name of Mannling; those who prefer powerful and masculine adults receive the name of Weibling; the ...
Chris White, 2012
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We are Everywhere: A Historical Sourcebook of Gay and ...
Such a test will lead to a surprising result. That an actual man would feel sexual love for a man is impossible. The urning is not a true man. He is a mixture of man and woman. He is man only in terms of body build. The love drive inherent to him  ...
Mark Blasius, Shane Phelan, 1997
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John Addington Symonds (1840-1893) and Homosexuality: A ...
Zwischen-Urning. Men who seem to be indifferently attracted by both sexes, he calls Urano-dioninge. A genuine Dioning, who, from lack of women, or under the influence of special circumstances, consorts with persons of his own sex, ...
Sean Brady, 2012
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The Intermediate Sex:
Among males, for instance, he distinguishes the quite normal man, whom he calls "Dioning," from the invert, whom he calls "Urning." Among Urnings, again, he distinguishes (1) those who are thoroughly manly in appearance and in mental ...
Edward Carpenter, 2014
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In the Company of Men: Representations of Male-male ...
I didn't have the makings of an Urning." What stands out in this passage is the word Urning. To highlight its association with authoritative Western disciplines of knowledge, the term is conspicuously represented on the page using roman letters ...
Jim Reichert, 2006
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HOMOSEXUALITY AND MALE BONDING IN P: The Youth Movement, the ...
Dr. Hirschfeld has consequently characterized the Urning as the intermediate stage between two limits fluctuating back and forth! Besides, according to Dr. Hirschfeld, the Urning is inclined to a soft temper, is moody and compassionate.
Hubert Kennedy, 2013
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Seduction and Power: Antiquity in the Visual and Performing Arts
This was also the case with Karl Heinrich Ulrichs, a pioneer in the fight for the rights of homosexuals, whom Symonds knew well and who described his own homosexual leanings as those of an 'Urning': Sex is only an affair of development .
Silke Knippschild, Marta Garcia Morcillo, 2013
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Untrodden fields of anthropology
Diary of an urning. Leipzig, {865. “FORMATRIX”: Anthropological studies of the love of urnings. Description of the sexual nature of umings in detail, Key to the riddle of uranism and its varieties. Leipzig, 1.865. " ARA SPEI": Studies in moral and ...
X. Jacobus
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Toward Stonewall: Homosexuality and Society in the Modern ...
other men was Urning, from the Uranian Aphrodite as described by Pausanias in Plato's Symposium. Ulrichs's central proposition was that the Urning constituted a distinct third sex, physically masculine but at least partially feminine in ...
Nicholas C. Edsall, 2006
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The Forger's Tale: The Search for Odeziaku
Some of the most influential theories are absorbed into Stuart-Young's work, especially the category of “Urning” and its subdivisions, developed by Karl Ulrichs in 1869 and Richard von Krafft-Ebing in the 1880s from medical research into the ...
Stephanie Newell, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «URNING»

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Mainland stock markets set for another rally: CIFM
Nonetheless, Chang believes that institutional investors will become more cautious in their stock picks, possibly turning to stocks with lower price-earnings ratios ... «EJ Insight, Jul 15»
2
Greece Approves 'Terms of Surrender' to Austerity
Indeed, Varoufakis added, the deal appears aimed at “[t]urning Greece into a democracy-free zone modeled on Brussels, a form of supposedly technocratic ... «Mintpress News, Jul 15»
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Ashes 2015: The Urning desire
SO fervent is the fad to write eulogies about Test cricket these days, that it might turn into someone's vocation soon. But if there's one period during a cricket ... «The Indian Express, Jul 15»
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Coworkers, friends remember head golf professional killed in car …
EVERYONE HERE IS MO URNING. AS THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES INTO THAT DEADLY CRASH, FRIENDS ARE CHERISHING THE MEMORIES THEY ... «KETV Omaha, Jun 15»
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Buyers pay a premium for High Park duplex
... and a bathroom, along with dining and kitchen quarters and a living room with a wood-urning fireplace, Juliet balcony and ceilings open to a third-loor loft. «The Globe and Mail, Jun 15»
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How 1890s Germany led LGBT rights charge
Before this pamphlet Ulrichs used totally different terminology. In a pamphlet of his own published in 1864 he defined two biological sexual identities: "Urning", ... «The Local.de, May 15»
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Frühe Homosexuellenbewegung: Berlins Coming-Out
Darin definiert Ulrichs zwei angeborene sexuelle Identitäten: Den Urning und den Dioning. Der Urning – nach dem griechischen Himmelsgott Uranus, der seine ... «tagesspiegel, May 15»
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In 'Uncommon Event,' Law School Profs Spar Online over EPA Plan
He argued that the plan, which focuses on regulating greenhouse gases from coal-power plants, was unconstitutional and that “[b]urning the Constitution should ... «Harvard Crimson, Mar 15»
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Urning the Alnwick Garden's seal of approval
Joe and Jenny Smith with the urns they created at The Alnwick Garden and head gardener Trevor Jones. 11:30 Friday 06 March 2015. 0. Have your say ... «Northumberland Gazette, Mar 15»
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Encores & Curtain Calls: Bach turns 330. Rejoice!
Turning 330 is nothing to be sneezed at, especially when you're Johann Sebastian Bach. The event has no doubt inspired thousands of celebrations worldwide, ... «The Recorder, Mar 15»
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