congenialityn.
/kəndʒiːnɪˈalɪti/ The quality of being congenial; affinity of genius or disposition; agreeableness to one's nature or tastes.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > [noun] > affinity or closeness
cousinagea1398
alliancea1475
affinityc1485
propinquitya1500
societya1513
kindred1528
cognationa1555
affinitive1579
sympathya1586
vicinity1594
affiance1597
contingence1612
contingency1612
congeniality1620
umbilicality1646
consanguinity1651
congeneracy1664
gossipred1674
congenerousness1677
closeness1692
intimacy1720
proximity1762
liaison1809
cousinship1848
affiliation1870
kinship1876
the mind > emotion > love > liking or favourable regard > [noun] > quality of being likeable > congeniality
congeniality1620
1620 H. Wotton Let. in Reliquiæ Wottonianæ (1672) 299 The pride that I take in a certain Congeniality (as I may term it) with your Lordships studies.
1624 H. Wotton Elements Archit. (T.) Painters and poets have alwayes had a kind of congeniality.
1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1776 II. 42 I could not perceive in his character much congeniality of any sort with that of Johnson.
1827 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey IV. vi. iii. 111 There is no congeniality in our tastes, or in our tempers.
1880 L. Stephen Alexander Pope viii. 185 There is so much congeniality between Horace and Pope.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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