sociability
noun
so·cia·bil·i·ty
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plural sociabilities
Definition of sociability
: the quality or state of being sociable
also
: the act or an instance of being sociable
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Examples of sociability in a Sentence
her sociability was called into question when she said she hated parties
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The increase is in part because new standards say zoos are supposed to have herds of at least three elephants because of the animals’ inherent sociability. — Steve Johnson, chicagotribune.com, "Retired from many circuses and zoos, where do elephants go now? Milwaukee and its new $16.6 million exhibit.," 18 July 2019 The rise and growth of government thwart humans’ natural sociability, produce unintended consequences that pervert the beneficial logic of market forces, and undermine the health of civil society. — Patrick J. Deneen, Washington Post, "A defense of conservatism that veers toward liberalism," 21 June 2019 Overall, the team found that different breeds do in fact behave in different ways; of these behaviors—including activity level, shyness, aggression and sociability with humans—around half are inherited. — Meilan Solly, Smithsonian, "Your Cat’s Attitude Actually Is Closely Linked to Its Breed, Survey Shows," 19 June 2019 The antidote to our excessively individualistic times is sociability. — Steven Poole, WSJ, "‘Team Human’ Review: Users of the World, Unite!," 25 Jan. 2019 The jobs that will be safe, at least for now, are those well beyond the reach of AI’s capabilities in terms of creativity, strategy and sociability, from social workers to CEOs. — Kai-fu Lee, WSJ, "The Human Promise of the AI Revolution," 14 Sep. 2018 Metrics of likability and sociability for presidential aspirants, on the other hand, appear to be here to stay. — Julia Azari, Vox, "Death of a statesman: George H.W. Bush’s legacy," 6 Dec. 2018 In a crisis, endless good cheer can make employees cringe, and as sociability loses its contagiousness, fun bosses have to pivot. — Sam Walker, WSJ, "The Two Contagious Behaviors of a Great Boss," 22 Sep. 2018 And a person’s implicit self-image is often quite predictive of his or her actual behavior, especially when nervousness or sociability is involved. — Steve Ayan, Scientific American, "10 Things You Don’t Know About Yourself," 15 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'sociability.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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