English Explanatory Dictionary

sociality

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The character of being social; sociability
  2. The quality of an animal kind of being social.
  3. Social events or entertainments; pleasantries.

Pronunciation

/ˌsəʊ.ʃiˈælɪti/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sociality.wav /ˌsoʊ.ʃiˈæləti/

Word forms

sociality socialities

Etymology

From social + -ity, from French socialité or directly from Latin sociālitās (“fellowship, sociality”), from sociālis (“social”), from socius (“companion, ally”) + -ālis.

Related words

social

Derived words

asociality biosociality heterosociality homosociality hypersociality parasociality unsociality
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