sociability


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Synonyms for sociability

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Synonyms for sociability

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I scarcely knew what to think of all this--of Miss Tita's sudden conversion to sociability and of the strange circumstance that the more the old lady appeared to decline toward her end the less she should desire to be looked after.
For an instant Miss Tita hesitated; then her sociability was too much for her.
He made no offer of molestation or sociability, but kept aloof on one side of the road, jogging along on the blind side of old Gunpowder, who had now got over his fright and waywardness.
People said he was sociable, but this was as much a matter of course as for a dipped sponge to expand; and it was not a high order of sociability. He was a great gossip and tattler, and to produce a laugh would hardly have spared the reputation of his aged mother.
Harold March and the few who cultivated the friendship of Horne Fisher, especially if they saw something of him in his own social setting, were conscious of a certain solitude in his very sociability. They seemed to be always meeting his relations and never meeting his family.
Because domestication replaces traits like aggression and fearfulness with sociability and playfulness, one might expect behavioral alterations from domestication are correlated in a direction-specific manner.
In the current context, social networks acquire relevance as spaces of mobilization, integration and decision-making, revealing the emergence of new and complex patterns of sociability and governance.
The PMA Scale (1) was used to assess the degree of sociability and peer interactions, scholastic performance and adaptation, and socio-sexual behaviour in childhood (0-11 years), early adolescence (12-15 years), late adolescence (16-18 years), and adulthood ([greater than or equal to] 19 years) by interviewing close informers (parents, siblings, and patients).
Residents were given the chance to stroke and hold the furry critters, which helps to alleviate stress and boost sociability.
Good knowledge of the region, sociability, charm and quick-wittedness are important.
Building on previous research into youth culture, linguistic features of youth language, and society's stigmatization of youth practices, Djenar, Ewing, and Manns explore what underlies youthful sociability by investigating inter-subjectivity and showing how central it is to the creation and experience of young people's sociability.
Low vasopressin in cerebrospinal fluid was related to less sociability in both species, indicating the hormone may be a biomarker for autism.
That gene, SEZ6L, is one of five genes in a particular stretch of beagle DNA associated with sociability in the dogs, animal behaviorist Per Jensen and colleagues at Linkoping University in Sweden say.