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homosocial

adj
/həʊmə(ʊ)ˈsəʊʃəl/UK

Etymology

From homo- + social.

  1. derived from sociālis — “of or belonging to a companion or companionship or association, social”
  2. borrowed from social
  3. prefixed as homosocial — “homo + social”

Definitions

  1. Pertaining to homosociality, to social interaction with the same sex.

    • Even at its most intense, though, such ‘homosocial’ friendship, both in fiction and in reality, was meant to be distinguished from homosexual acts and tendencies.

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