SOCIALITY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The tendency to associate with others and to form social groups

Example:

mammals as a class are not strong on sociality

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("sociality" is a kind of...):

nature (the complex of emotional and intellectual attributes that determine a person's characteristic actions and reactions)

Attribute:

social (living together or enjoying life in communities or organized groups)

unsocial (not seeking or given to association; being or living without companions)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sociality"):

sociability; sociableness (the relative tendency or disposition to be sociable or associate with one's fellows)

Derivation:

social (marked by friendly companionship with others)

social (living together or enjoying life in communities or organized groups)

social (tending to move or live together in groups or colonies of the same kind)

social (composed of sociable people or formed for the purpose of sociability)