relatability
Americannoun
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the quality of being able to easily form social or emotional connections.
Wit, humor, light-heartedness, genuineness, and relatability are all quality ingredients for a personality pie.
The coach strikes a note of relatability and resonance with his players, having been in their shoes not so long ago.
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the quality of being easily connected or linked.
Infants presented with an image lacking alignment and relatability looked significantly longer at the complete image, suggesting that they saw the first image as two separate pieces.
Etymology
Origin of relatability
Example Sentences
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The candidates vied to establish their relatability, that most valuable of campaign currencies, by describing their own hardscrabble experiences.
From Los Angeles Times
But Sickler said since coming so close to death and being able to talk about it with candor and relatability, he is still calling his latest self-produced YouTube special, special.
From Los Angeles Times
Aside from the emotional and expressive range of her voice, Ms. Lennox’s best attribute is the earthy relatability of her lyrics.
The actress could also make a political statement: ChatGPT noted that her ambiguous ethnicity “not only adds to global relatability but also aligns with modern ideals of inclusivity.”
Are we stretching credibility so far that we break the bond of relatability with the audience?”
From Los Angeles Times
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