社交性(しゃこうせい)

Compound of 社交(しゃこう) ('socializing; social interaction') and the suffix 性(せい) ('-ness; -ity; nature'). The 性(せい) suffix attaches to many nouns to form abstract trait words: 可能性(かのうせい) ('possibility'), 重要性(じゅうようせい) ('importance'), 個性(こせい) ('individuality').

Usage

Most often appears in descriptions of personality and in job-related discussions of desirable traits. Phrased as 社交性(しゃこうせい)がある/ない ('to have/lack sociability') or 社交性(しゃこうせい)が高(たか)い/低(ひく)い ('to have high/low sociability').

Common collocations

• 社交性(しゃこうせい)がある: to be sociable
• 社交性(しゃこうせい)に欠(か)ける: to lack sociability
• 社交性(しゃこうせい)が高(たか)い: highly sociable
• 社交性(しゃこうせい)を身(み)につける: to develop sociability
• 社交性(しゃこうせい)を養(やしな)う: to cultivate sociability
• 社交性(しゃこうせい)が求(もと)められる: sociability is required

Similar words

• 社交的(しゃこうてき): sociable (adjective form) — 彼(かれ)は社交的(しゃこうてき)だ ('He is sociable')
• 協調性(きょうちょうせい): cooperativeness — working well in a group rather than socializing per se
• 人当(ひとあ)たり: manner toward others; how one comes across — more about first impression
• 愛想(あいそ): amiability; sociability — often in 愛想(あいそ)がいい ('affable, friendly')
• 内向的(ないこうてき): introverted — opposite trait