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insociability|ɪnsəʊʃ(ɪ)əˈbɪlɪtɪ|
[f. next + -ity: cf. F. insociabilité (Montesq. 1721).]
Insociable disposition or state; unsociableness.
1740Warburton Div. Legat. v. iv. Wks. 1811 V. 128 Christianity, considered by them as a Sect of Judaism; which had carried its insociability as far, and its pretensions much farther. 1804W. Tennant Ind. Recreat. (ed. 2) I. 313 A difference of temper and insociability. 1832Lytton Eugene A. i. vii, By degrees, then, Aram relaxed from his insociability. |