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Recent Examples of sociality
No one has ever explained why on earth sociality would have anything to do with this phylogenetic break in the self-concept, says Povinelli.
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Karen Wright, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
Why think that autonomy and sociality are always opposed, that mutual enmeshment must ever reduce the self rather than expand it?
—Parul Sehgal, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2024
Camp is historically and quintessentially gay, but, dislodged from any tempering gay sociality, Trump’s camp is cruelly straight.
—Gabriel N. Rosenberg, The New Republic, 3 Nov. 2023
The hippocampus is an ancient brain structure: It is highly conserved among mammals with diverse lifestyles and degrees of sociality, from largely solitary platypuses to highly communal people.
—Jake Buehler, Quanta Magazine, 31 Oct. 2023
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Karen Wright, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
Why think that autonomy and sociality are always opposed, that mutual enmeshment must ever reduce the self rather than expand it?
—Parul Sehgal, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2024
Camp is historically and quintessentially gay, but, dislodged from any tempering gay sociality, Trump’s camp is cruelly straight.
—Gabriel N. Rosenberg, The New Republic, 3 Nov. 2023
The hippocampus is an ancient brain structure: It is highly conserved among mammals with diverse lifestyles and degrees of sociality, from largely solitary platypuses to highly communal people.
—Jake Buehler, Quanta Magazine, 31 Oct. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sociality
Noun
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Guests will never quarrel over space, as the folding bulwarks expand the beach club area in the stern, creating an alfresco hub of sociability.—
Julia Zaltzman,
Robb Report,
3 Feb. 2025
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Despite their differences in sociability and communication styles, cats and dogs often find ways to coexist harmoniously.—
Kevin Lynn,
Newsweek,
6 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Trump has no reason to presume that the 1935 case will be overruled even though two Supreme Court justices, John Roberts and Elena Kagan, were appointed in part because of their previously declared friendliness to executive power.—
George Liebmann,
Baltimore Sun,
23 Feb. 2025
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What remained unclear is how much of a lasting boost China’s economy could get from the ingenuity of one start-up, or how much confidence the business community could derive from the sudden friendliness of a leader who has a reputation for distrusting and disliking the private sector.—
Li Yuan,
New York Times,
22 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Such cordiality was impossible this time, and Dirk Hauser — head of media for Bayern’s academy then and to this day — had to keep the two men apart, in different parts of the old stadium.—
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
The Athletic,
27 Dec. 2024
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Hold on to your butts, Samuel L. Jackson is coming after awards season cordiality.—
Harrison Richlin,
IndieWire,
28 Nov. 2024
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“Sociality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sociality. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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