Meaning

1 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The skill, tendency or property of being sociable or social, of interacting well with others.

    He was a true introvert, and his sociability lagged behind others of his age in the school.

    the relative tendency or disposition to be sociable or associate with one's fellows

Examples

1 sentences
  1. Sociability is as much a law of nature as mutual struggle.

    deDie gegenseitige Hilfe ist ebenso gut ein Naturgesetz wie der gegenseitige Kampf.

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Translations

1 languages

Origin

From Middle French sociabilité, from Latin sociābilis.

From Middle French sociabilité, from Latin sociābilis.

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Forms

plural: sociabilities
Singularsociability
Pluralsociabilities

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the relative tendency or disposition to be sociable or associate with one's fellows:sociableness

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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