as in friendliness
the quality or state of being social
her sociability was called into question when she said she hated parties
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Recent Examples of sociability
Civility leads to sociability, a concept that creates a political link between an interactive citizenry and a truly functional republic.
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Blake D. Morant, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
The Covid pandemic may have changed habits slightly — people are understandably more reticent about passing around the same cup and straw — but sociability is still key.
—Jack Lang, The Athletic, 9 July 2024
And it’s designed very specifically to assess at a very fine level various aspects of intelligence, of personality, of sociability.
—IEEE Spectrum, 23 June 2014
Researchers at the University of Granada found that people who use self-defeating humor tend to have higher psychological well-being, especially in terms of happiness and, to a lesser extent, sociability.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
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Blake D. Morant, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
The Covid pandemic may have changed habits slightly — people are understandably more reticent about passing around the same cup and straw — but sociability is still key.
—Jack Lang, The Athletic, 9 July 2024
And it’s designed very specifically to assess at a very fine level various aspects of intelligence, of personality, of sociability.
—IEEE Spectrum, 23 June 2014
Researchers at the University of Granada found that people who use self-defeating humor tend to have higher psychological well-being, especially in terms of happiness and, to a lesser extent, sociability.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
See All Example Sentences for sociability
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“Sociability.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sociability. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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