conviviality

American  

[kuhn-viv-ee-al-i-tee] / kənˌvɪv iˈæl ɪ ti /

noun

1. a friendly or agreeable quality.

   We owe our enthusiasm to the business people who share their craft and knowledge with such camaraderie, conviviality, and community spirit.

2. feasting, drinking, and merry company.

   I’m teaching these folks the so-called civilized way of celebrating Christmas, so we'll have two days of conviviality, complete with wine and plum brandy.

3. a festive quality.

   There will be live music, arts and crafts, storytelling, and a general air of conviviality that will charm the hardest of souls.

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Other Word Forms

• nonconviviality noun

Etymology

Origin of conviviality

convivial ( def. ) + -ity ( def. )

Example Sentences

“Joy is an act of resistance,” state party Chairman Rusty Hicks gamely suggested at a beer-and-wine reception, which opened the party’s annual three-day convention with as much conviviality as the downtrodden could muster.

From Los Angeles Times

He enjoyed the conviviality, however foreign it was to him.

From Salon

But I have had some of the richest experiences of companionability and conviviality at George's table, breaking bread.

From BBC

For example, recent research explains how “conviviality,” or the “friendliness” of a space, is more challenging to foster in a car-centric environment.

From Scientific American

Underlying the conviviality of the first bilateral summit to be held in Japan in a dozen years was the question of how long the fragile truce between the two countries will last.

From New York Times