Sociability
noun
The quality of being friendly and enjoying the company of others.
Her sociability made her popular at parties.
Often appears as...
- high sociability
- show sociability
noun
The quality of being friendly and enjoying the company of others.
Her sociability made her popular at parties.
Often appears as...
- high sociability
- show sociability
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Social Context
Use 'sociability' to discuss someone's ease in social situations, not just being present.
Despite being new, her sociability made her blend in quickly.
Pro Tip 2/3Positive Trait
'Sociability' is seen as a positive quality, indicating a person is approachable and open.
His high sociability won him many friends.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Shyness
Don't confuse 'sociability' with shyness; it's about enjoying others' company, not just tolerating it.
She's not shy, she genuinely enjoys the sociability of large gatherings.
Pro Tip 1/3Social Context
Use 'sociability' to discuss someone's ease in social situations, not just being present.
Despite being new, her sociability made her blend in quickly.
Pro Tip 2/3Positive Trait
'Sociability' is seen as a positive quality, indicating a person is approachable and open.
His high sociability won him many friends.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Shyness
Don't confuse 'sociability' with shyness; it's about enjoying others' company, not just tolerating it.
She's not shy, she genuinely enjoys the sociability of large gatherings.
Pro Tip 1/3Social Context
Use 'sociability' to discuss someone's ease in social situations, not just being present.
Despite being new, her sociability made her blend in quickly.
Pro Tip 2/3Positive Trait
'Sociability' is seen as a positive quality, indicating a person is approachable and open.
His high sociability won him many friends.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Shyness
Don't confuse 'sociability' with shyness; it's about enjoying others' company, not just tolerating it.
She's not shy, she genuinely enjoys the sociability of large gatherings.
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Video examples
Kevin Kelly: How...
And actually, we have current data that does show that there is an actual drift towards complexity over time. And the last thing, I bring back this nudibranch. One of the things we see about life is that it moves from the inner to increasing sociability. And by that it means
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A lesson in Bacteria PIPE...
and then if you put back the microbes and then you can increase and make these back and these mice social again and so this is really powerful and we're studying how which bacteria influence sociability how do they interact with each other how do they interact with
Video examples
Kevin Kelly: How...
And actually, we have current data that does show that there is an actual drift towards complexity over time. And the last thing, I bring back this nudibranch. One of the things we see about life is that it moves from the inner to increasing sociability. And by that it means
Video examples
A lesson in Bacteria PIPE...
and then if you put back the microbes and then you can increase and make these back and these mice social again and so this is really powerful and we're studying how which bacteria influence sociability how do they interact with each other how do they interact with
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Quote examples
Billy Collins
American Poet
Poems, for me, begin as a social engagement. I want to establish a kind of sociability or even hospitality at the beginning of a poem. The title and the first few lines are a kind of welcome mat where I am inviting the reader inside.
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Neil Blumenthal
American Businessman
We all have a personal recipe for productivity. One person may need six cups of autonomy and just a pinch of collaboration. Another person may require heaps of sociability and noise, with just a teaspoon of occasional privacy.
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Sherry Turkle
American Educator
I love sharing photographs and websites, I'm for all of these things. I'm for Facebook. But to say that this is sociability? We begin to define things in terms of what technology enables and technology allows.
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Clay Shirky
American Writer
Human beings are social creatures - not occasionally or by accident but always. Sociability is one of our lives as both cause and effect.
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Elif Safak
Turkish Author
Writing is a tribute to solitude. It is choosing introversion over extroversion, lonely hours/days/weeks/years over fun and sociability.
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John Torode
Australian Chef
Sunday lunch should be about sociability, about conversation, about general stimulation and the education of the youth.
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Jim Harrison
American Writer
I see more genuine sociability between the races in Mississippi than I see in Michigan. No question.
Quote examples
Billy Collins
American Poet
Poems, for me, begin as a social engagement. I want to establish a kind of sociability or even hospitality at the beginning of a poem. The title and the first few lines are a kind of welcome mat where I am inviting the reader inside.
Quote examples
Neil Blumenthal
American Businessman
We all have a personal recipe for productivity. One person may need six cups of autonomy and just a pinch of collaboration. Another person may require heaps of sociability and noise, with just a teaspoon of occasional privacy.
Quote examples
Sherry Turkle
American Educator
I love sharing photographs and websites, I'm for all of these things. I'm for Facebook. But to say that this is sociability? We begin to define things in terms of what technology enables and technology allows.
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Clay Shirky
American Writer
Human beings are social creatures - not occasionally or by accident but always. Sociability is one of our lives as both cause and effect.
Quote examples
Elif Safak
Turkish Author
Writing is a tribute to solitude. It is choosing introversion over extroversion, lonely hours/days/weeks/years over fun and sociability.
Quote examples
John Torode
Australian Chef
Sunday lunch should be about sociability, about conversation, about general stimulation and the education of the youth.
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Jim Harrison
American Writer
I see more genuine sociability between the races in Mississippi than I see in Michigan. No question.
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