Meanings
comparative more hypersocial · superlative most hypersocial
- Extremely social.
"I'm a hypersocial person," she said.
2007 December 13, Brent Bowers, “An Enthusiast Entrepreneur Kicks Off a T-Shirt Business”, in New York Times1 more example
Some rats in these overcrowded communities appeared to develop hypersocial tendencies, seemingly obtaining accentuated satisfaction from close social contacts, refusing to eat except in the company of their companions.
1974, Roger Pearson, Introduction to anthropology - Going out of their way to please their owner, as compared to a merely tame animal.
Origin
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