Skip to content
ontologydriven
Sign out

Dictionary

Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

conviviality en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /kənvɪviˈælɪti/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From convivial + -ity.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The state of being convivial; a feeling of comfort and happiness, as from celebrating casually with friends.
    • He will not abide intellectually lazy thinking or any form of acquiescence to political correctness and its facile rituals of politeness and forced conviviality. 2009, Gary Clark, Quadrant, November 2009, No. 461 (Volume LIII, Number 11), Quadrant Magazine Limited, page 8
    • He's easy to talk to because of his conviviality.
  2. (uncountable) A jovial activity or spirit, marked by easy and lively socializing; a hospitable and festive atmosphere.
    • Keeping a relationship over social media just is not the same as experiencing in-person conviviality. 2023 October 23, Editorial Board, “Saying, ‘Hello, neighbor’ at Halloween”, in The Christian Science Monitor:
    • We're old friends, so once we started talking, the evening gained an air of conviviality.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
convivialities Number=Plur lexicographic

Relateds

convive · convivialize · convivially · convivialist · nonconvivial