Meanings
- not comparablePertaining 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.
2012, Faramerz Dabhoiwala, The Origins of Sex, Penguin, published 2013, page 1291 more example
In practice, however, the line between heterosocial and heterosexual relationships is rarely seen as rigid and impenetrable. Instead, male-female friendships are often seen — by others if not by the participants — as having sexual and romantic potential. In contrast, much social effort goes into maintaining the line between homosocial and homosexual relationships […]
2003, Barbara J. Bank, Contradictions in Women's Education, →ISBN, page 111
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*sem-
- Proto-Indo-European*somHós
- Proto-Hellenic*homós
- Ancient Greekὁμός (homós)
- Germanhomo-
- Proto-Indo-European*sek-
- Proto-Indo-European*séks-u-s
- Proto-Italic*seksus
- Proto-Indo-European*sek-
- Proto-Indo-European*sékh₁yeti
- Proto-Italic*sekaō
- Latinsecō
- Latinsecāre?
- Latinsexus
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Latinsexuālis
- Germansexual
- Germanhomosexua
- Englishhomosexualbf.
- Englishhomo-
- Proto-Indo-European*sekʷ-
- Proto-Indo-European*sokʷéh₂
- Proto-Indo-European*sokʷh₂ṓy
- Proto-Indo-European*sokʷyós
- Proto-Italic*sokjos
- Latinsokios
- Latinsocius
- Latinsociāli
- Middle Frenchsocia
- Englishsocial
- Englishhomosocial
Cite this entry
homosocial. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/homosocial
“homosocial.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/homosocial. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “homosocial,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/homosocial.
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