sociosexual

American  

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

adjective

1. of or relating to relationships between persons that involve sexuality.

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Etymology

Origin of sociosexual

First recorded in 1935–40; socio- + sexual

Example Sentences

After all the great achievements of the 70s and 80s, Kubrick’s final film is a perplexingly underwhelming study of sociosexual paranoia that, despite the heavyweight cast and muscular direction, comes across as a headswimmingly barmy depiction of the dangers of messing with the elite.

From The Guardian

This profoundly resonant, smartly understated black-and-white film greatly benefits from more than 30 years worth of sociosexual perspective that reminds us how much has changed, yet how much else has not.

From Los Angeles Times

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

From Economist

That reduced amount of sexual dimorphism may tell us something about sociosexual behaviour – read on.

From Scientific American

The antlers of fossil deer, the horns of fossil bovids and rhinos, and the eyestalks of fossil stalk-eyed flies can – I think we can say with some confidence – be reliably interpreted as sociosexual organs just like those of living deer, bovid, rhino and stalk-eyed fly species.

From Scientific American