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Answer for the clue "The quality of being gregarious--having a dislike of being alone ", 14 letters:
gregariousness

Word definitions for gregariousness in dictionaries

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. the quality of being gregarious--having a dislike of being alone

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The state of being gregarious.

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Gregarious \Gre*ga"ri*ous\, a. [L. gregarius, fr. grex, gregis, herd; cf. Gr. ? to assemble, Skr. jar to approach. Cf. Congregate , Egregious .] Habitually living or moving in flocks or herds; tending to flock or herd together; not habitually solitary or ...

Usage examples of gregariousness.

The hack and the whore have much in common: late nights, venal gregariousness, social drinking, a desire to please, simulated liveliness, dissimulated exhaustion — you keep on having to do it when you don't feel like it.

Dogs are the hieroglyphs of blind emotion, inferiority, servile attachment, and gregariousness -- the attributes of commonplace, stupidly passionate, and intellectually and imaginatively underdeveloped men.

His gaiety and ingenuous appearance, his gregariousness, were carefully cultivated to counterbalance his unusual coloring.