male friendship

collocation in English

meaningsofmaleandfriendship

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male
adjective
uk
/meɪl/us
/meɪl/
belonging or relating to the sex that fertilizes eggs, and does not produce babies or ...
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friendship
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈfrend.ʃɪp/us
/ˈfrend.ʃɪp/
a situation in which two people ...
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(Definition ofmaleandfriendshipfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In this periodmalefriendshipfound a particular kind of expression which was only possible before the invention of sexualities.
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The provision, collective consumption and enjoyment of food and alcohol imply a certain reciprocity39 and nurtures relations of trust and cuatismo (malefriendship).
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The donation of the skull resulted from a private agreement between two persons, more precisely: from intimate codes ofmalefriendship.
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If this "camaraderie" was often a product of war time, it could outlast it while building on an 18th-century construct ofmalefriendshipas a serious and productive bond.
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As such, the final scene stages the play's ultimate collaboration ofmalefriendshipand its incorporation of the plot we would label heterosexual.
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It was a position of the highest level of honor inmalefriendship.
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Emotional dysfunction and self-interest, all conformed with the codes ofmalefriendship.
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Admetos goes against the promise he made to his wife, so as to obey hismalefriendship.
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The film is presented from their perspective and it reveals their relationships with their children, ex-wives, girlfriends, male friendships, and their identities as divorced men.
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Gibelli has two brothers and has confessed that she prefers male friendships over female since she grew up playing with her brothers.
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