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单词 sociality
释义

sociality

noun

so·​ci·​al·​i·​ty ˌsō-shē-ˈa-lə-tē How to pronounce sociality (audio)
plural socialities
1
a
: sociability
b
: an instance of social intercourse or sociability
2
: the tendency to associate in or form social groups

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web This essence of a sociality is why Twitter appeals to black people, so much so that there’s a subset of the platform with its own proper noun (Black Twitter). Namwali Serpell, The New York Review of Books, 6 July 2022 Lastly, sociality and community are huge aspects of direct selling. George Elfond, Forbes, 3 June 2022 Observations of other species have shown that sociality can increase an animal's ability to take advantage of another's hunting success. People Staff, PEOPLE.com, 22 Mar. 2022 Marmots, a genus spanning 15 species of varying sociality — including alpine marmots living in multigenerational family groups, semi-social yellow-bellied marmots and ostensibly antisocial groundhogs — were a natural subject. New York Times, 1 Feb. 2022 In Zuckerberg’s hands the vision of sociality, community, and experience existing on this frontier will be devastatingly limited and, like Turner’s frontier, inevitably structured by harm. Lisa Messeri, Wired, 12 Nov. 2021 The social nature of animals is an extension of the sociality seen at lower rungs of the ladder, Picard said. Quanta Magazine, 6 July 2021 But much of the cooperation on Earth, much of the sociality, is driven by relatedness. Quanta Magazine, 18 Mar. 2021 Each chapter examines a different aspect of animal behavior on Earth that, according to the author, would likely be replicated on other planets: sociality, cooperation, communication, intelligence, language and so forth. David P. Barash, WSJ, 17 Mar. 2021 See More

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1649, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

sociality

noun

as in sociability

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • sociability
  • friendliness
  • agreeableness
  • geniality
  • cordiality
  • pleasantness
  • affability
  • amicability
  • graciousness
  • cheerfulness
  • lightheartedness
  • gaiety
  • amenity
  • perkiness
  • gayety
  • amiableness
  • amiability
  • gladsomeness
  • high-spiritedness
  • good-naturedness
  • good-humoredness
  • good-temperedness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • pet
  • sullenness
  • blues
  • sulk
  • grouch
  • sulkiness
  • hump
  • pouts
  • snit
  • dumps
  • surliness
  • mopes
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