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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
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The Covid pandemic may have changed habits slightly — people are understandably more reticent about passing around the same cup and straw — but sociability is still key.Jack Lang, The Athletic, 9 July 2024
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And it’s designed very specifically to assess at a very fine level various aspects of intelligence, of personality, of sociability.IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 23 June 2014
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Even in humans, a smile does not always convey friendliness and joy.Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
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That kind of friendliness requires adopting the clichéd feel-goodery inherent in many group fitness classes.Mikala Jamison, The Atlantic, 20 Nov. 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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The former President posted on Truth Social eight times about it, and his campaign and supporters have also latched on, in a sharp contrast from the notable cordiality shown on stage between Trump’s running mate Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance and his rival, Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate, Minn.Koh Ewe, TIME, 2 Oct. 2024
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“Sociality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sociality. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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