sociality
noun
so·ci·al·i·ty
ˌsō-shē-ˈa-lə-tē 
plural socialities
1
a
b
: an instance of social intercourse or sociability
2
: the tendency to associate in or form social groups
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No one has ever explained why on earth sociality would have anything to do with this phylogenetic break in the self-concept, says Povinelli.
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Karen Wright, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
Why think that autonomy and sociality are always opposed, that mutual enmeshment must ever reduce the self rather than expand it?
—Parul Sehgal, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2024
Camp is historically and quintessentially gay, but, dislodged from any tempering gay sociality, Trump’s camp is cruelly straight.
—Gabriel N. Rosenberg, The New Republic, 3 Nov. 2023
The hippocampus is an ancient brain structure: It is highly conserved among mammals with diverse lifestyles and degrees of sociality, from largely solitary platypuses to highly communal people.
—Jake Buehler, Quanta Magazine, 31 Oct. 2023
Skeptics Question Just How Contagious Yawning Is Whatever its purpose, contagious yawning certainly seems tied to big brains, and to sociality.
—Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 9 Oct. 2023
The octopuses' humanlike behavior in the study indicated that serotonin, the primary brain chemical that MDMA mimics, plays an ancient and fundamental role in sociality.
—WIRED, 15 June 2023
The scientific literature is rife with anecdotes and research showing high cognition, playfulness and sociality in the species known as Orcinus orca — and examples of what appear to be the cultural transmission of new behaviors, either via teaching or observation.
—Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2023
So then the neural circuitry for sociality must exist, and MDMA—through its ability to mimic serotonin—is unlocking that.
—Gideon Lichfield, WIRED, 12 July 2023
Karen Wright, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
Why think that autonomy and sociality are always opposed, that mutual enmeshment must ever reduce the self rather than expand it?
—Parul Sehgal, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2024
Camp is historically and quintessentially gay, but, dislodged from any tempering gay sociality, Trump’s camp is cruelly straight.
—Gabriel N. Rosenberg, The New Republic, 3 Nov. 2023
The hippocampus is an ancient brain structure: It is highly conserved among mammals with diverse lifestyles and degrees of sociality, from largely solitary platypuses to highly communal people.
—Jake Buehler, Quanta Magazine, 31 Oct. 2023
Skeptics Question Just How Contagious Yawning Is Whatever its purpose, contagious yawning certainly seems tied to big brains, and to sociality.
—Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 9 Oct. 2023
The octopuses' humanlike behavior in the study indicated that serotonin, the primary brain chemical that MDMA mimics, plays an ancient and fundamental role in sociality.
—WIRED, 15 June 2023
The scientific literature is rife with anecdotes and research showing high cognition, playfulness and sociality in the species known as Orcinus orca — and examples of what appear to be the cultural transmission of new behaviors, either via teaching or observation.
—Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2023
So then the neural circuitry for sociality must exist, and MDMA—through its ability to mimic serotonin—is unlocking that.
—Gideon Lichfield, WIRED, 12 July 2023
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“Sociality.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sociality. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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