Dictionary

heterosociality en · NOUN

Etymology

From hetero- + sociality.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) Social interaction between men and women.
   • Potkay is noticing much the same thing, I suspect, when he opposes the polite heterosociality of eighteenth-century conversation, […] 2013, Chris Mounsey, Developments in the Histories of Sexualities, →ISBN, page 245:
   • Gagnon (1990; Gagnon & Simon, 1973) proposed important and relevant differences in sexual scripts stemming from women's socialisation into heterosociality before heterosexuality, in contrast to men's socialisation into masturbation and heterosexuality before heterosociality. 2002, Barrie Gunter, Media Sex: What are the Issues?, →ISBN, page 67:

Antonyms

homosociality

Relateds

heterosocially · heterosociability · heterosocial

Translations (3)

fr hétérosocialité (sociality with members of the opposite sex) · pl heterospołeczność (sociality with members of the opposite sex) · el ετεροκοινωνικότητα (sociality with members of the opposite sex)