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lovability

lovability

1 3.7
A quality that makes people want to care for and be close to someone
  • noun
  • /ˌlʌvəˈbɪləti/
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  • The character's lovability made the audience root for him throughout the film.

Examples

  • Belief in Christ is thus made dependent upon prior belief in the inherent goodness—the lovability—of the world.

    Academic text (1993)
  • They carry over the lovability of their product's design into the lovability of the design in their marketing.

    Blog text (1)
  • Problem is, lovability is kind of a hard thing to synthesize.

    Blog text (1)
  • They carry over the lovability of their product's design into the lovability of the design in their marketing.

    Blog text (1)
  • But the lovability factor of every other example can be scaled to my size.

    Blog text (1)
  • Underneath all that happy lovability and charm is a brutal sadist.

  • Lovability definitely makes some marketing efforts or advertisements less annoying and more entertaining.

    Blog text (1)
  • Of late, the lovability of Yoshiko's voice, as if she were earnestly depending on Motoda, had been lost.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • This theme is dragged out through several episodes of supreme, undaunted hope, belief in his lovability, met eventually and inevitably with harsh rejection.

    Blog text (7)
  • His warm smile and friendly demeanor contributed greatly to his lovability.

Synonyms

likability
vslovability
  • US
13 3.5

How pleasant and friendly someone or something seems to other people

is stronger, meaning deserving deep love rather than simple liking
loveliness
vslovability
11 2.0

A pleasing, beautiful look that makes people admire it

is about being loved for inner worth rather than only appearance
adorableness
vslovability
1 4.0

Being very cute and charming so people feel affection

is about being worthy of deep love rather than mere charm
adorability
vslovability
1 4.2

A quality that makes a person or animal seem very cute and easy to love, like a puppy

is about deserving lasting love rather than mainly provoking adoration

How Lovable

adorableness
1 4.0
lovability
1 3.7
likability
  • US
13 3.5

Surface Forms

lovability singular
lovabilities plural

Morphology

lovability = lovable (transparent) = love + able + ity

The noun is regularly formed from the adjective 'lovable' with '-ity', so the meaning is straightforwardly the quality of being lovable.

Etymology

The word lovability comes from love plus the endings -able ('able to be') and -ity ('state' or 'quality'), and it is like the simpler word lovable. So, lovability is the 'quality of being easy to love'.