Word of the Day:
sociality
What It Means
The character of being social; sociability
The quality of an animal kind of being social.
Social events or entertainments; pleasantries.
Sociality in Context
“To develop, from a fleeting instant of physical lust, a lifelong community encompassing the whole of the conjoint lives--that has been and is one of the greatest triumphs of sociality in the struggle against the persistent animality of our species.”
Did You Know?
From social + -ity, from French socialité or directly from Latin sociālitās (“fellowship, sociality”), from sociālis (“social”), from socius (“companion, ally”) + -ālis.
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