gregariousness
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7.4
- noun
- /ɡrɪˈɡɛr.i.əs.nəs/
:
sociabilidad
- Fofana transmits a form of fascination; his understanding of Islam has created this kind of antipathy to everything that is not Islam, a gregariousness that leads to addiction, a membership that resembles emotional dependence, a substitute for broken families, said the attorney general.
You misread their the fun and the generosity and the friendliness and the gregariousness as empathy.
- You misread their the fun and the generosity and the friendliness and the gregariousness as empathy.
- And these include things like warmth, gregariousness, assertiveness, the sort of high activity level excitement, seeking positive emotions.
Examples
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The TMT's gregariousness facilitates internal and external networking and collaboration.
Academic text (2016) -
However, the presence of an infant only explained a small proportion of the gregariousness exhibited by spectral tarsiers, since the majority of social interactions did not involve infants.
Academic text (2010) -
Some are called for their gregariousness, some are called for their suffering.
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Gregariousness, like that of the animals in the herd, is admitted by all.
Blog text (9) -
Sociability included tendencies of gregariousness and preferences to be with others.
Academic text (1998) -
Yet I believe that human gregariousness and the desire to trade and mix things up will eventually tear down the invisible wall that runs along Eight Mile and bring Detroit back into the world.
Blog text (19) -
When I surveyed the primate literature, I found that three main factors had been hypothesized to lead to sociality, or gregariousness, in primates.
Academic text (2010) -
This solitary stone is adamas, the diamond, most impenetrable of materials, the most withholding; its loneliness a rebuke, perhaps, to the blazing gregariousness of its siblings.
Blog text (17) -
Similarly, it is now possible to locate and observe the mechanics of rage, violence, and misperception, and even to detect the physical signs of complex qualities of mind like kindness, humor, heartlessness, gregariousness, altruism, mother-love, and self-awareness.
Academic text (2005) -
Her gregariousness made it easy for her to make friends at the party.
Synonyms
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1.0
A kind and pleasant way of treating other people
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6.5
Being pleasant and friendly so people enjoy your company
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3.6
Enjoying being with other people and making friends
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8.0
A friendly, lively atmosphere that makes people enjoy being together
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4.1
A friendly, pleasant way of behaving that makes people feel comfortable
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5.3
A friendly, gentle way that makes people feel comfortable
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6.0
A cheerful, friendly mood that makes people feel good
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7.9
A tendency to live and form groups with other animals or people
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5.5
A friendly, cheerful way that makes people feel welcome
A liking for being with other people
Being friendly and willing to talk to new people
Being pleasant and easy to spend time with
Being friendly and pleasant so people enjoy being with you
A kind, friendly attitude that wants to help others
A friendly, sociable feeling among people who share a common goal
Antonyms
How Social
Surface Forms
Morphology
gregariousness = gregarious (transparent) = gregarious + ness
Forming a noun with '-ness' from the adjective 'gregarious' straightforwardly denotes the quality of being sociable.
Etymology
Gregariousness comes from the Latin root grex, which means 'flock' or 'group', and the same root is in congregate. Think of a person who likes to be in a flock; that's why gregariousness means enjoying the company of other people.