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noun
The character of being social; sociability
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The quality of an animal kind of being social.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Social events or entertainments; pleasantries.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, in-plural, uncountable
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noun
the tendency to associate with others and to form social groups
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: nature
Narrower terms: sociability, sociableness
History
From social + -ity, from French socialité or directly from Latin sociālitās (“fellowship, sociality”), from sociālis (“social”), from socius (“companion, ally”) + -ālis.
Across languages
3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
