sociality.

The tendency or capacity to live in groups and form social relationships.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• human sociality
• animal sociality
• forms of sociality

On the page

The chapter treats cooperation as one expression of human sociality.

Usage notes

Primary category: psychology / human behavior. Forms: usually uncountable; no ordinary plural in this use. Writing functions: social behavior, analysis, comparison. Commonness: uncommon outside academic writing. No forced synonym or intensity.