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homosociality

noun

Etymology

From homosocial + -ity.

  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”
  4. suffixed as homosociality — “homosocial + -ity”

Definitions

  1. Socialization (social interaction, social relationships) with members of the same sex, as…

    Socialization (social interaction, social relationships) with members of the same sex, as distinguished from sexual interaction with or attraction to members of the same sex (homosexuality) and social interaction with members of the opposite sex (heterosociality).

    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:homosociality.

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for homosociality. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA