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The talent for turning strangers into witnesses to your personality.
means The quality of being sociable and enjoying the company of others, seeking out crowds rather than avoiding them.
from Traces back to Latin 'gregarius,' meaning 'belonging to a flock or herd,' itself from 'grex' (flock). The word originally described animals that live in groups rather than alone, and by the 1600s English had borrowed it to describe humans with the same instinct — happier in the herd than off grazing solo.
- latin root
- grex means herd, as in flock instinct
- not same as
- extroversion measures energy, this measures sociability
- animal trait too
- biologists use it for herding species, not just humans
- party physics
- makes small talk feel like oxygen, not chore