O caráter patológico na definição de homossexualidade em dicionários escolares

Abstract

This study aims to discuss the pathological feature present in the entry “homossexualismo” in type 4 school dictionaries, which are designed for high school students. In the light of the Lexicography studies, we intend to discuss the implications of the definition of “homossexualismo” in a society that still discriminates against the community composed by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual, queer and more (LGBTQ+). For this purpose, we used as theoretical support texts by Gianastacio (2009), Dapena (2002), Borba (2003), among others who study the suffix -ism, Lexicography, and ideology in lexicographical works. The results indicate that the organizers of the dictionaries mentioned above tend to leave their ideologies marked in the analyzed entry.