affiliative.

Seeking or strengthening friendly social connections with others.

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Words that belong together

• affiliative behavior
• affiliative contact

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The shared ritual encouraged affiliative behavior without forcing anyone to speak.

Usage notes

Primary category: psychology / human behavior. Forms: Comparative more affiliative; superlative most affiliative when comparing a tendency to seek or maintain social connection. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: character, interpretation. Commonness: uncommon.