as in friendliness
the quality or state of being social
her sociability was called into question when she said she hated parties
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Recent Examples of sociability
The whole development is designed to maximize sociability.
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Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
Commonplace virtues turn toward vice: compassion veers toward deceit, attentive parenting toward either laxity or oppressiveness, friendship toward jealousy or contempt, sociability toward falsehood or cruelty.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2025
His research concluded that sociability, or friendliness in dogs is significantly related to size.
—Mark Davis, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2025
These sentiments could lead to links between sweet preference and sociability, or approachableness.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025
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Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
Commonplace virtues turn toward vice: compassion veers toward deceit, attentive parenting toward either laxity or oppressiveness, friendship toward jealousy or contempt, sociability toward falsehood or cruelty.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2025
His research concluded that sociability, or friendliness in dogs is significantly related to size.
—Mark Davis, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2025
These sentiments could lead to links between sweet preference and sociability, or approachableness.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for sociability
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sociability
friendliness
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For cities, readers were asked to rate sights/landmarks, culture, food, friendliness, shopping and value.—
Colson Thayer,
People.com,
8 July 2025
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China’s growing friendliness toward South Korea might be partly motivated by the unstable situation on the international stage, Kim said.—
Julia Zhong,
NBC news,
2 June 2025
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“Sociability.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sociability. Accessed 27 Jul. 2025.
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