A personality trait rendering the individual acceptable in social or interpersonal relations. It is related to social acceptance, social approval, popularity, social status, leadership qualities, or any quality making him a socially desirable companion.
    

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Longing, intimacy and loneliness / edited by Ami Rokach.

Approaching facial difference : past and present / edited by Patricia Skinner and Emily Cock.

Science in action : how to follow scientists and engineers through society / Bruno Latour.

The obesity epidemic : science, morality, and ideology / Michael Gard and Jan Wright.

Being mentally ill : a sociological theory / Thomas J. Scheff.

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Longing, intimacy and loneliness / edited by Ami Rokach.

Approaching facial difference : past and present / edited by Patricia Skinner and Emily Cock.

Science in action : how to follow scientists and engineers through society / Bruno Latour.

The obesity epidemic : science, morality, and ideology / Michael Gard and Jan Wright.

Being mentally ill : a sociological theory / Thomas J. Scheff.