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

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Etymology

Origin of conviviality

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

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

conviviality

In Mr. Harris’s telling, the crotchetiness of Mr. David’s fictional stand-ins is offset in real life by his talent and even conviviality; at the University of Maryland, he was elected fraternity president.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

“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 ● Jun. 2, 2025

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

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2023

How do you bring the warm conviviality, dopamine dressing, and mountain-top chalet to you?

From Salon ● Feb. 19, 2023

I’ve seen flashes of this August before—this brightness, this conviviality, this generosity of spirit—but I know what he’s capable of, and I won’t forget it.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen

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