Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

heterosociality

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: het-eroso-cial-i-ty
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Social interaction between men and women.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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."
"Potkay is noticing much the same thing, I suspect, when he opposes the polite heterosociality of eighteenth-century conversation, […]"

Etymology

From hetero- + sociality.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: hetero

Usage

Uncountable

Frequently Paired Words

heterosocial heterosocially heterosociability

Antonyms

homosociality

Questions

What does heterosociality mean?: Social interaction between men and women.
Where does heterosociality come from?: From hetero- + sociality.

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