homosocial
Britishadjective
Other Word Forms
- homosociality noun
Example Sentences
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The show explores the late-19th century artist’s homosocial themes, distinctive for Impressionism, whose common human subjects were typically women and girls.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 24, 2025
It's the Marriage Plot without the marriage, because it's homosocial.
From Salon • Apr. 1, 2023
But then this year has also turned out to be heavy on notable movies about men, about homosocial friendships and professional worlds that are inseparable, and about bad dads.
From Slate • Dec. 23, 2019
Sensitive to the nuances of culture and the blurred boundaries between homosocial masculinity and homosexual desire, “The Wound” is affecting and suspenseful even as it hits a few predictable beats.
From New York Times • Mar. 21, 2017
And yet, beneath their rote performance of homosocial bonding, these men worry, inwardly, about what things mean and how they feel about those meanings.
From The New Yorker • Mar. 23, 2016
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