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Recent Examples of sociality
Bats are very social creatures, but their sociality comes in many forms.
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Literary Hub, 31 Oct. 2025
Add to this the sociality motivation our deep need for companionship, which spikes in moments of loneliness.
—Ron Schmelzer, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Smallville was a petri dish for virtual sociality; rather than watching cells multiply, Park observed the agents gradually coalescing from individual nodes into a unified network.
—Webb Wright, Scientific American, 18 Aug. 2025
The population of orangutans followed in the study is unique in its routine tool use and level of sociality—both things that require a lot of cognitive energy.
—Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 25 June 2025
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Literary Hub, 31 Oct. 2025
Add to this the sociality motivation our deep need for companionship, which spikes in moments of loneliness.
—Ron Schmelzer, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Smallville was a petri dish for virtual sociality; rather than watching cells multiply, Park observed the agents gradually coalescing from individual nodes into a unified network.
—Webb Wright, Scientific American, 18 Aug. 2025
The population of orangutans followed in the study is unique in its routine tool use and level of sociality—both things that require a lot of cognitive energy.
—Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 25 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sociality
Noun
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This ancient beverage, derived from the roots of the Piper methysticum plant, is typically consumed to produce sedative and euphoric effects that might increase sociability and reduce anxiety.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
11 Feb. 2026
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Takefumi explored whether dog ownership could affect sociability by exposing mice to the oral microbiomes found in the dog-owning group, then assessed their social behaviors.—
Raven Brunner,
PEOPLE,
27 Jan. 2026
Noun
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And the openness and the friendliness and the happy faces.—
Annie Alleman,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Mar. 2026
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Beginner-friendliness is where the S1 shines, as Skyrover managed to outfit this ultra-light drone with a decent set of safety features without gutting everything else.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
27 Mar. 2026
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As millions of people turn to AI for companionship and guidance, that agreeableness may pose a subtle but serious threat.—
Allison Parshall,
Scientific American,
26 Mar. 2026
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Years of research in personality psychology show that people differ reliably along dimensions such as extraversion, agreeableness and emotional openness.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
18 Jan. 2026
Noun
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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
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Liberated from this approach to economic warfare, relations with allies may recover some of their former cordiality.—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
20 Feb. 2026
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But one suspected the real reason for Huang’s geniality lay elsewhere.—
Billy Perrigo,
Time,
16 Dec. 2025
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Riley, a Northern California native, who has always exuded a Zen-like geniality, was part of a generation of young American composers who had turned away from audience-alienating atonal music, which had been proselytized by their teachers in the science-minded postwar academy.—
William Robin,
New Yorker,
26 Aug. 2025
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But despite the pleasantness, there are still some areas where the graphics are lacking.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
14 Nov. 2025
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The farmer’s tendency to pursue high yields obscured the delicate pleasantness this grape gives when handled carefully.—
Paul Caputo,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025
Noun
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He was dressed in a T-shirt and a tracksuit jacket, and spoke with an offbeat affability—a holdover from Boulder’s hippie days.—
Burkhard Bilger,
New Yorker,
2 Mar. 2026
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Despite his aura of affability, D’Amaro fought to win every match.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
25 Feb. 2026
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“Sociality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sociality. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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