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HOSPITABLENESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having a disposition that welcomes guests and is fond of entertaining
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("hospitableness" is a kind of...):
friendliness (a friendly disposition)
Antonym:
inhospitableness (having an unfriendly and inhospitable disposition)
Derivation:
hospitable (disposed to treat guests and strangers with cordiality and generosity)