bicentrism

English

Etymology

From bi- +‎ -centrism.

Noun

bicentrism (uncountable)

1. The state or quality of being bicentric (having two centres).

   Synonym: bicentricity

2. (LGBTQ) The state or quality of being bicentric (having a bisexual bias or basis).
   • 1994, James T. Sears, editor, Bound by Diversity: Essays, Prose, Photography, and Poetry, Columbia, SC: Sebastian Press, →ISBN, page 77:

     […] characterizes three routes for the bisexual community: pansexuality, lesbigay focus, and bicentrism.

   • 1996 October 7, Michael Thomas, “Re: The Curious Blinkers of Michael Thomas”, in soc.bi‎^[1] (Usenet):

     Everybody that came over here and then left had essentially the same reaction: YUCK. A large part of that "yuck" was the highly evolved bisexuals who were quick at the gun with anything that didn't fit their bicentric notion of the universe. That a great deal of that bicentrism was thinly veiled homophobia didn't bother them in the least.

Related terms

• bicentric
• bicentricity