Dictionary

same-sex en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Restricted to members of a single sex.
   • a same-sex school
2. (not-comparable) Of, relating to, or between homosexual men or women.
   • The Taipei High Administrative Court on July 21 ruled that same-sex partners Lu Yin-jen (盧盈任), a Taiwanese, and Eizaburo Ariyoshi, a Japanese, should not have been barred from registering their marriage at a local household registration office. 2022 August 3, Lee I-chia, “Groups call for marriage equality with no borders”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 02 Aug 2022:
   • Some nations have legalized same-sex marriage.
   • While there are a number of human characters—for example Steve Cortez, Kelly Chambers, Diana Allers, and Samantha Traynor—offered as potential same-sex partners for Shepard, these characters are not romance options until Mass Effect 2 or 3. Only Kaidan Alenko, among human same-sex romantic partners, participates in the player's squad at any time, providing he was not sacrificed in the first game, making most same-sex partners marginal to the player's overall experiences within the game. 2015, Summer Glassie, “"Embraced eternity lately?": Mislabeling and subversion of sexuality labels through the Asari in the Mass Effect trilogy”, in Matthew Wysocki, Evan W. Lauteria, editors, Rated M for Mature: Sex and Sexuality in Video Games (Media Studes / Game Studies), Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 164:
   • Buffeted by criticism of his policy on Europe, battered by rebellion in the ranks over his bill to legalize same-sex marriage and wounded by the perception that he is supercilious, contemptuous and out of touch with mainstream Conservatism, Mr. Cameron earlier this week took the highly unusual step of sending a mass e-mail (or, as he called it, “a personal note”) to his party’s grass-roots members. 2013 May 23, Sarah Lyall, “British Leader’s Liberal Turn Sets Off a Rebellion in His Party”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 29 Nov 2020, retrieved 29 May 2013:

Forms

Antonyms

mixed-sex (antonym(s) of “of or relating to homosexual men or women”) · heterosexual (antonym(s) of “of or relating to homosexual men or women”) · other-sex (antonym(s) of “of or relating to homosexual men or women”) · antonym(s) of

Deriveds

same-sexer · same-sexness

Synonyms

gay (of or relating to homosexual men or women) · single-sex (restricted to members of a single sex) · homosexual (of or relating to homosexual men or women) · same-gender (Synonym) · lesbian (of or relating to homosexual men or women)

Translations (34)

uk гомосексуа́льний (of or relating to homosexual men or women) · ru того́ же по́ла (restricted to members of a single sex) · fi samasukupuolinen (of or relating to homosexual men or women) · ru однопо́лый (restricted to members of a single sex) · sk homosexuálny (of or relating to homosexual men or women) · ru для лиц одного́ по́ла (restricted to members of a single sex) · vi đồng giới (of or relating to homosexual men or women) · ru однопо́лый (of or relating to homosexual men or women) · nb likekjønnet (of or relating to homosexual men or women) · uk одностате́вий (restricted to members of a single sex) · de gleichgeschlechtlich (of or relating to homosexual men or women) · tr eşcinsel (of or relating to homosexual men or women) · cmn 同性 (restricted to members of a single sex) · cmn 同志 (of or relating to homosexual men or women) · sv samkönad (of or relating to homosexual men or women) · fi yhden sukupuolen (restricted to members of a single sex) · se ovttasohkabeallásaš (of or relating to homosexual men or women) · fi homo- (of or relating to homosexual men or women) · pl homoseksualny (of or relating to homosexual men or women) · pl jednopłciowy (restricted to members of a single sex) · ru гомосексуа́льный (of or relating to homosexual men or women) · fi samaa sukupuolta oleva (of or relating to homosexual men or women) · cmn 同性 (of or relating to homosexual men or women) · sw jinsia moja (of or relating to homosexual men or women) · mk истополов (of or relating to homosexual men or women) · fr de même sexe (restricted to members of a single sex) · ka ერთსქესიანთა (of or relating to homosexual men or women) · ja 同性の (restricted to members of a single sex) · mk еднополов (restricted to members of a single sex) · ru то́лько для ма́льчиков (restricted to members of a single sex) · de gleichen Geschlechts (restricted to members of a single sex) · uk одностате́вий (of or relating to homosexual men or women) · el ιδίου φύλου (restricted to members of a single sex) · ru то́лько для де́вочек (restricted to members of a single sex)