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prosociality

prosociality noun: the quality of being prosocial.

Noun

prosociality (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being prosocial.
    • DeBruine ( 2004 a) provided preliminary evidence that facial resemblance has a different impact in the domain of mate choice than in the domain of prosociality.2007 December 22, Lisa M. DeBruine, Benedict C. Jones, Anthony C. Little, David I. Perrett, “Social Perception of Facial Resemblance in Humans”, in Archives of Sexual Behavior, volume 37, number 1...
    Synonyms:
    prosocialness

Synonyms of prosociality

Origin of prosociality

From prosocial + -ity.

Words formed from prosociality

Questions about prosociality

What does prosociality mean?
Prosociality means the quality of being prosocial.
What part of speech is prosociality?
Prosociality is a noun.

Words near prosociality in the dictionary

  1. prosobranchiates
  2. prosobranchs
  3. prosocial
  4. prosocialist
  5. prosocialists
  6. prosociality
  7. prosocially
  8. prosocialness
  9. prosocline
  10. prosocoele
  11. prosocoeles

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