socialnessn.
/ˈsəʊʃlnəs/, U.S. /ˈsoʊʃ(ə)lnəs/ Social quality or character; sociability.
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society > society and the community > social relations > [noun]
conversationc1340
dolea1400
repairc1425
fellowshipc1450
frequentation?1520
communion1529
society1531
commerce1537
commercement1537
society1538
trade1555
intercourse1557
company1576
intercommunication1586
interdeal1591
entertain1602
consort1607
entregent1607
quarter1608
commercing1610
converse1610
trucka1625
congress1628
socialty1638
frequency1642
socialitya1649
socialness1727
intercommuniona1761
social life1812
dialogue1890
discourse1963
the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > social intercourse or companionship > [noun]
socialty1638
socialitya1649
socialness1727
1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Sociableness, Socialness, social Temper, Fitness for Conversation.
1843 Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 2 41 There is a certainty..that the disposition to society and socialness, innate to humanity,..will have fair play.
1874 Hist., Ess., Orations Sixth Gen. Conf. Evangelical Alliance 180/1 Among Protestant Evangelical Christians there is so little socialness, if it may be so designated, in the observance of the highest social act of their religion.
1901 Expositor June 426 Sin is selfishness, and morality is socialness.
1954 E. Carter Howells & Age of Realism 219 March, the man of the center, educated out of selfishness into socialness.
2004 Birmingham Evening Mail (Nexis) 17 Aug. 19 I like the odd drink. I like the gaiety and humour and socialness it can bring, but I do know when to stop.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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