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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
  • Like for me, what drew me especially to the project was the female friendships and the support.
    — Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Though they’ve been long separated, Jane and Mike have a solid friendship; one that can only be formed after knowing and loving someone intimately for half your life.
    — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of friendship
Noun
  • Joe Biden rose through the Senate, which required cordiality and the ability to strike deals with rivals.
    — Jonathan A. Czin, The Atlantic, 14 Sep. 2026
  • The cordiality and handsome looks of the dining room are exquisite reminders of elaborate Milanese design.
    — John Mariani, Forbes.com, 16 Mar. 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
  • Advocates are not passive recipients of a company’s goodwill.
    — Mike Raab, Forbes.com, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Aaron Rodgers is not earning any goodwill from his exes these days.
    — Leigh Blickley, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Sep. 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
  • The company relies on high-fidelity training simulators that replicate an infinite number of outcomes, such as system failures and peak-load scenarios, offline.
    — Miroslav Katsarov, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Labor Day Headphones Deals Apple’s AirPods Max 2 deliver an exceptional combination of high-fidelity acoustics and pro-grade active noise cancellation.
    — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of fidelity
Noun
  • Brasserie Olivia The place brings a polished slice of Paris to Sloane Square, mixing Left Bank conviviality with Chelsea polish.
    — Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 18 Sep. 2026
  • But beneath the conviviality, the conversations reflected a degree of anxiety about where the industry is heading.
    — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of conviviality

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“Clubbiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clubbiness. Accessed 26 Sep. 2026.

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