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CONVIVIALITY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does conviviality mean? 

CONVIVIALITY (noun)
  The noun CONVIVIALITY has 2 senses:

1. a jovial natureplay

2. a boisterous celebration; a merry festivityplay

  Familiarity information: CONVIVIALITY used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CONVIVIALITY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A jovial nature

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

conviviality; joviality

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

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

Derivation:

convivial (occupied with or fond of the pleasures of good company)


Sense 2

Meaning:

A boisterous celebration; a merry festivity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

conviviality; jollification; merrymaking

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

celebration; festivity (any joyous diversion)

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

high jinks; high jinx; hijinks; jinks (noisy and mischievous merrymaking)

revel; revelry (unrestrained merrymaking)


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