Meaning

3 senses

  1. (countable, uncountable)The character of being social; sociability

  2. (countable, uncountable)The quality of an animal kind of being social.

  3. (countable, in the plural, uncountable)Social events or entertainments; pleasantries.

More definitions
  • the tendency to associate with others and to form social groups

Origin

From social + -ity, from French socialité or directly from Latin sociālitās (“fellowship,

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

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Forms

plural: socialities
Singularsociality
Pluralsocialities

regular

Word family

8 related words
RelatedsocialA1
Derivedasocialitybiosocialityheterosocialityhomosocialityhypersocialityparasocialityunsociality

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
socialismsocialistsocialitesocializeB2sociallyB1societalsocietyA2
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