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SOCIABILITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The relative tendency or disposition to be sociable or associate with one's fellows
Synonyms:
sociability; sociableness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("sociability" is a kind of...):
sociality (the tendency to associate with others and to form social groups)
Attribute:
sociable (inclined to or conducive to companionship with others)
unsociable (not inclined to society or companionship)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sociability"):
extraversion; extroversion ((psychology) an extroverted disposition; concern with what is outside the self)
ambiversion ((psychology) a balanced disposition intermediate between extroversion and introversion)
conviviality; joviality (a jovial nature)
companionability; companionableness (suitability to be a companion)
camaraderie; chumminess; comradeliness; comradery; comradeship (the quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability)
gregariousness (the quality of being gregarious--having a dislike of being alone)
nakedness; openness (characterized by an attitude of ready accessibility (especially about one's actions or purposes); without concealment; not secretive)
Holonyms ("sociability" is a part of...):
personableness (the complex of attributes that make a person socially attractive)
Antonym:
unsociability (an unsociable disposition; avoiding friendship or companionship)
Derivation:
sociable (friendly and pleasant)
sociable (inclined to or conducive to companionship with others)
