different between homosocial vs homosociality

English

Etymology

From homo- +? social.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /h??m?(?)?s????l/

Adjective

homosocial (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to homosociality, to social interaction with the same sex.
   • 2012, Faramerz Dabhoiwala, The Origins of Sex, Penguin 2013, p. 129:

     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.

Antonyms

• heterosocial

See also

• homoromantic

English

Etymology

homo- +? sociality

Noun

homosociality (countable and uncountable, plural homosocialities)

1. 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.

Antonyms

• heterosociality

Related terms

• homosocial

See also

• homoromanticism

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