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    SOCIABLENESS

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    The relative tendency or disposition to be sociable or associate with one's fellowsplay

    Synonyms:

    sociability; sociableness

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

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

    sociality (the tendency to associate with others and to form social groups)

    Attribute:

    sociable (inclined to or conducive to companionship with others)

    unsociable (not inclined to society or companionship)

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

    extraversion; extroversion ((psychology) an extroverted disposition; concern with what is outside the self)

    ambiversion ((psychology) a balanced disposition intermediate between extroversion and introversion)

    conviviality; joviality (a jovial nature)

    companionability; companionableness (suitability to be a companion)

    camaraderie; chumminess; comradeliness; comradery; comradeship (the quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability)

    gregariousness (the quality of being gregarious--having a dislike of being alone)

    nakedness; openness (characterized by an attitude of ready accessibility (especially about one's actions or purposes); without concealment; not secretive)

    Holonyms ("sociableness" is a part of...):

    personableness (the complex of attributes that make a person socially attractive)

    Derivation:

    sociable (friendly and pleasant)

    sociable (inclined to or conducive to companionship with others)

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