clubbiness

noun

as in cliquishness

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Recent Examples of clubbiness Those looking for community but a little less clubbiness can also check out women’s sports watch parties or sit in the audience for drag king cabaret or burlesque nights. — Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 May 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clubbiness
  1. mutuality
  2. friendship
  3. cordiality
  4. geniality
  5. goodwill
  6. amity
  7. fidelity
  8. conviviality
Noun
  • This mutuality of benefit establishes the greatest potential for success.
    — Blake D. Morant, Forbes.com, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Many of the themes of the nearly two-hour event were about audacity and mutuality, enduring words King used famously in speeches and writing.
    — Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 19 Jan. 2026
Definition of mutuality
Noun
  • Lyubov Campion, who had known Beloozerov since the late 2000s and largely communicated with him by email, said most of Beloozerov’s friendships were online.
    — Isabelle Chapman, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2026
  • However, today a commitment to a friendship or a group might create confusion for you.
    — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of friendship
Noun
  • The cordiality and handsome looks of the dining room are exquisite reminders of elaborate Milanese design.
    — John Mariani, Forbes.com, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Indianapolis didn't crack Nextdoor's list of the 20 friendliest cities in Indiana, but its separate ranking of neighborhoods in the Indy metro area finds plenty of cordiality in Central Indiana.
    — Jordan Smith, IndyStar, 27 Feb. 2026
Definition of cordiality
Noun
  • The commission established in 1937 assures quality and geniality.
    — Zuri Primos, Kansas City Star, 27 June 2026
  • But one suspected the real reason for Huang’s geniality lay elsewhere.
    — Billy Perrigo, Time, 16 Dec. 2025
Definition of geniality
Noun
  • Waves of goodwill have since seen almost 25,000 season tickets sold for this campaign, and the opening league game at Hillsborough will be close to capacity when hosting Yorkshire neighbours Bradford City next Thursday.
    — Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
  • If he was viewed as an art-world interloper, Roth has enough influence and goodwill that no one was really going to say that out loud.
    — Marisa Meltzer, Vanity Fair, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of goodwill
Noun
  • There are, of course, other models of languages coexisting, with varying levels of amity.
    — Nikhil Krishnan, New Yorker, 20 July 2026
  • Of course, their amity turned out to be a time bomb.
    — Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 8 Apr. 2026
Definition of amity
Noun
  • In order for a brain scan of the proper fidelity to be produced, the dogs must spend a minimum of six minutes in the machine, moving less than three millimeters in any direction.
    — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Second Song also continues Young’s longstanding crusade for analog fidelity.
    — SPIN Staff, SPIN, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of fidelity
Noun
  • In short websites for the book in English and Spanish, website designer Mavila Trujillo used illustrations, video, photos and audio recordings with short text to make some of that conviviality more visible.
    — Chenier Carpio Opua, The Conversation, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Accommodations include four guest cabins, including a full-beam owner’s suite, alongside generous social areas conceived around conviviality and everyday life on board.
    — Bill Springer, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
Definition of conviviality

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“Clubbiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clubbiness. Accessed 16 Aug. 2026.

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