sociality

[ soh-shee-al-i-tee ]

noun

1. social nature or tendencies as shown in the assembling of individuals in communities.
2. the action on the part of individuals of associating together in communities.
3. the state or quality of being social.

sociality

/ ˌsəʊʃɪˈælɪtɪ /

noun

1. the tendency of groups and persons to develop social links and live in communities
2. the quality or state of being social

Other Words From

• nonso·ci·ali·ty noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of sociality¹

First recorded in 1640–50, sociality is from the Latin word sociālitāt- (stem of sociālitās ). See social, -ity

Example Sentences

From being asked to review every product you buy to believing that every tweet or Instagram image warrants likes or comments or follows, social media produced a positively unhinged, sociopathic rendition of human sociality.

From Singularity Hub 

So the ritual does a lot of work in increasing people’s sociality.

From Nautilus

I’m a professor of artificial sociality at Wageningen University, in the Netherlands.

From Freakonomics

I’m a professor of artificial sociality at Wageningen University in the Netherlands.

From Freakonomics

In private life, Dr. Duncan was eminently distinguished for his sociality, and the desire to benefit all mankind.

From Project Gutenberg

It may readily be believed that with his strong love of sociality and excitement he was an apt pupil in that school.

From Project Gutenberg

It is antisocial in a case expressly meant by its final cause for the triumph of sociality; 2.

From Project Gutenberg

Not to be intellectual in a direct shape, but to be intellectual through sociality, is the legitimate object of a social meeting.

From Project Gutenberg

The mission of Positivism is, in the language of its founder, "to generalize science and to systematize sociality."

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