same-sex marriage

Meanings

nounsame-sex marriage (countable and uncountable, plural same-sex marriages)

countableuncountableMarriage between two people of the same sex.
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Thailand’s Constitutional Court yesterday conceded that its objections to same-sex marriage are ideological rather than legal in a statement declaring it “against the natural order.” The comments, included in the court’s full 12-page ruling against a challenge to the charter’s prohibition of same-sex marriage, angered proponents and supporters of marriage equality and has sent #ConstitutionalCourtisSexist trending atop Thai Twitter since last night.
2021 December 3, “LGBTQ couples, families and marriage are ‘against the natural order,’ Thai Constitutional Court rules”, in Coconuts Bangkok, Bangkok: Coconuts Media Limited, retrieved 03 Dec 2021
Synonyms: gay marriage, homomarriage, same-gender marriage

nounMarriage between two people of the same sex.

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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “same-sex marriage,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/same-sex%20marriage.