sociability

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the quality or disposition of enjoying and engaging readily in the company of others

   Her warmth and sociability helped the new members feel welcome immediately.

2. 2
   noun

   the tendency of people or animals to form and maintain social groups

   Researchers measured the wolves' sociability by recording how often they approached one another.

Borrowed from French sociabilité, ultimately from Latin sociabilis, 'companionable,' based on socius, 'companion or ally.' The suffix -ity forms a noun denoting the quality or capacity of being sociable.

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