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

In all, 203 of this year’s 230 Academy Award nominees gathered Tuesday at the Beverly Hilton Hotel for the annual nominees luncheon, a brief moment of campaign-free conviviality amid the churn of awards season.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2026

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

From Salon • Dec. 19, 2023

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

From BBC • Jul. 24, 2023

While it may not have the natural beauty of Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo is a metropolis where encounters, conviviality and affection are fostered by its parks, theaters, museums, cultural spaces, cinemas, restaurants and bookstores.

From New York Times • Feb. 15, 2023

Much of the old conviviality of rowing was gone.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown