SOCIALITY Synonyms: 34 Similar and Opposite Words

sociality

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Definition of sociality

as in sociability

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Recent Examples of sociality Another idea is that the control of fire could have also helped to create a gathering space at night, which could have increased human sociality and prompted a cognitive evolution. — Evan Bush, NBC news, 10 Dec. 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 See All Example Sentences for sociality

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Noun

For all the ways these drugs are associated with deprivation, many users describe a paradoxical new sociability.

— Elyse Moody, Architectural Digest, 27 July 2026
Her public image was capacious enough that Rollerena could carry not only camp and sociability, but profound grief as well.

— Emilie Hardman, JSTOR Daily, 24 June 2026

Definition of sociability

Noun

Your excessive agreeableness may also be interpreted by decision-makers as lacking conviction, preventing you from getting promoted.

— Melody Wilding, CNBC, 9 Aug. 2026
The Big Five traits are openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness and neuroticism.

— Refractor, Refractor, 27 July 2026

Definition of agreeableness

Noun

The balance between efficiency and pleasantness in doing business seems extremely hard to achieve.

— Judith Martin, Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2026
And by relying on participants’ subjective ratings of hunger and pleasantness, the study can only infer what might be happening psychologically or biologically, Fredericson added.

— Cathy Nelson, Health, 20 July 2026

Definition of pleasantness

Noun

Carson has brought him here to welcome a range of conversations and guests that the show’s usual host, that paragon of midwestern affability and assuring wit, couldn’t welcome himself.

— Joshua Jelly-Schapiro, Vanity Fair, 21 July 2026
Though celebrated for his affability, Lincoln grew exasperated with Field’s rapid-fire delivery, waving him away.

— Danny Heitman, Christian Science Monitor, 1 July 2026

Definition of affability

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