Informality is a relaxed manner with the formal rules set aside. Studied informality, the informality of the meeting, welcome informality.
It is often a choice rather than an absence — an informal meeting has rules of its own, and knowing them is harder for an outsider than following written ones. That is the hidden cost of informality in workplaces: it favours those already inside.
1nouninformalityA relaxed manner with the formal rules set aside.
“I like the informality of the café, where everyone uses first names and nobody wears a tie.”
informality is a manner.
From informal + -ity.
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