Definition of Gregariousness

1. Noun. The quality of being gregarious--having a dislike of being alone.

Generic synonyms: Sociability, Sociableness
Attributes: Gregarious, Ungregarious
Derivative terms: Gregarious, Gregarious

Definition of Gregariousness

1. Noun. The state of being gregarious ¹

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Definition of Gregariousness

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Gregariousness

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gregarinae
gregarine
gregarine movement
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gregarinosis
gregarious
gregariously
gregariousness
gregarization
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gregatim
grege
grego
gregoryite
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greifensteinite
greige
greige goods
greiges
greigite
greillade

Literary usage of Gregariousness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Principles of Secondary Education by Paul Monroe (1914)
"Gregariousness. — The assumption of these new attitudes is not the work of a moment. ... Thus, in the case of gregariousness, many young adolescents, ..."

2. The Good Man and the Good: An Introduction to Ethics by Mary Whiton Calkins (1918)
"Gregariousness. (Note to page no.) Consult: W. McDougall, op. cit., Chap. ... (Trotter virtually identifies gregariousness with "the social habit.") 3. ..."

3. The School as a Social Institution: An Introduction to the Study of Social by Charles Leonidas Robbins (1918)
"Interest in others, regard for their well-being, and consideration of their rights must be added to gregariousness in order to lift it above the merely ..."

4. Fundamentals of Child Study: A Discussion of Instincts and Other Factors in by Edwin Asbury Kirkpatrick (1917)
"... or gregariousness; (2) in the impulse to feel as others do, or sympathy; (3) in efforts to please others, or love of approbation; (4) in competitive and ..."

5. Fundamentals of Child Study: A Discussion of Instincts and Other Factors in by Edwin Asbury Kirkpatrick (1907)
"This instinct is manifested (i) in the tendency to seek the companionship of others, or gregariousness ; (2) in the impulse to feel as others do, ..."

6. The Psychology of Childhood by Naomi Norsworthy, Mary Theodora Whitley (1918)
"Gregariousness. — In common with many of the lower animals, man has the gregarious instinct. He is by nature social, responding to the presence of human ..."

7. Pleasures of an Absentee Landlord, and Other Essays by Samuel McChord Crothers (1916)
"THE Gregariousness OF MINOR POETS BY natural disposition and by habit of life a poet is the least gregarious of human creatures. ..."

8. Pleasures of an Absentee Landlord, and Other Essays by Samuel McChord Crothers (1916)
"THE Gregariousness OF MINOR POETS BY natural disposition and by habit of life a poet is the least gregarious of human creatures. ..."

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