GREGARIOUSNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gregariousness mean? 

• GREGARIOUSNESS (noun)
  The noun GREGARIOUSNESS has 1 sense:

1. the quality of being gregarious--having a dislike of being alone

  Familiarity information: GREGARIOUSNESS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GREGARIOUSNESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The quality of being gregarious--having a dislike of being alone

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("gregariousness" is a kind of...):

sociability; sociableness (the relative tendency or disposition to be sociable or associate with one's fellows)

Attribute:

gregarious ((of animals) tending to form a group with others of the same species)

ungregarious ((of animals) not gregarious)

Derivation:

gregarious (instinctively or temperamentally seeking and enjoying the company of others)

gregarious ((of animals) tending to form a group with others of the same species)