Same-sex
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Same-sex is an adjective meaning Restricted to members of a single sex.
Meaning
Restricted to members of a single sex.
More Meanings
- Of, relating to, or between homosexual men or women.
Example Sentences
a same-sex school
Some nations have legalized same-sex marriage.
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.
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.
Synonyms for same-sex
Depending on context, synonyms include same-gender, single-sex, homosexual.
Antonyms for same-sex
Common opposites include mixed-sex, other-sex, heterosexual.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include sex, ideal, optimal, optimum, mixed, committed.
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