UNSOCIABILITY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does unsociability mean? 

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

1. an unsociable disposition; avoiding friendship or companionship

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNSOCIABILITY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An unsociable disposition; avoiding friendship or companionship

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

unsociability; unsociableness

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

disposition; temperament (your usual mood)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "unsociability"):

introversion ((psychology) an introverted disposition; concern with one's own thoughts and feelings)

aloofness; remoteness; standoffishness; withdrawnness (a disposition to be distant and unsympathetic in manner)

closeness; secretiveness (characterized by a lack of openness (especially about one's actions or purposes))

Antonym:

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

Derivation:

unsociable (not inclined to society or companionship)