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UNSOCIABLENESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does unsociableness mean?
• UNSOCIABLENESS (noun)
The noun UNSOCIABLENESS has 1 sense:
1. an unsociable disposition; avoiding friendship or companionship
Familiarity information: UNSOCIABLENESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An unsociable disposition; avoiding friendship or companionship
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
unsociability; unsociableness
Hypernyms ("unsociableness" is a kind of...):
disposition; temperament (your usual mood)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "unsociableness"):
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))
Derivation:
unsociable (not inclined to society or companionship)
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