homosocial

English

Etymology

From homo- +‎ social.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /həʊmə(ʊ)ˈsəʊʃəl/

Adjective

homosocial (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to homosociality.
   • 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.