sociosexual

American

[soh-see-oh-sek-shoo-uhl, soh-shee-] / ˌsoʊ si oʊˈsɛk ʃu əl, ˌsoʊ ʃi- /

adjective

of or relating to relationships between persons that involve sexuality.

Etymology

Origin of sociosexual

First recorded in 1935–40; socio- + sexual

Example Sentences

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Savolainen took advantage of the carefully tracked family trees of the Cayo Santiago monkeys and their genetic data to evaluate the role of inheritance in their same-sex sociosexual behaviors.

From Scientific American • Aug. 30, 2023

It eventually became clear that these primates and many others commonly engage in same-sex sociosexual behaviors whether humans are around or not.

From Scientific American • Aug. 30, 2023

The animals that engaged in same-sex sociosexual behavior seemed to have slightly better reproductive success.

From Scientific American • Aug. 30, 2023

For both sexes, in the case of the sociosexual results, they clearly were bimodal.

From Economist • Feb. 3, 2015

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