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conviviality
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The English word "conviviality" means "the enjoyment of festive society, festivity", or, as applied to people, "convivial spirit or disposition".
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- Subclass of
- meeting
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- different from
- sociability
- partially coincident with
- gezelligheid
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Etymology
- French root ({{lang|fr|convivialité}})
- Spanish root ({{lang|es|convivencia}})
- Conviviality in left-wing politics
- Ivan Illich
- Contemporary uses in academia
- Contemporary movements
- Anti-Utilitarian Movement and Convivialism
- Degrowth
- Appropriate Technology Movement
- Incompleteness
- Conviviality in art and design
- See also
- References
The English word "conviviality" means "the enjoyment of festive society, festivity", or, as applied to people, "convivial spirit or disposition".
== Etymology == === French root () === One root of conviviality originated in 19th‐century France. is very common in contemporary French and has also established itself in English as a loanword, as well as more recently as a term in discussions about cohabitation in immigrant societies. Its coinage can be traced back to Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin and his book Physiologie du goût from 1825. The gastrophilosopher understood conviviality as the situation, common at the table, when different people come together over a good long meal, and time passes swiftly in excited conversations.
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