Noun
social skills pl (plural only)
The personal skills needed for successful social communication and interaction.
Coordinate term: technical skills
Empathy and social skills are social intelligence, the interpersonal part of emotional intelligence. That's why they look alike. Daniel Goleman
The people I know who seem to make unusual efforts at rationality, are unusually honest, or, failing that, at least have unusually bad social skills. Eliezer Yudkowsky
He wasn't that good looking, he had the social skills of a wet cat and the patience of a caffeinated hummingbird. Karen Chance
I think the shyness one feels in childhood is often overcome with time. There are children who hide behind their parents' legs, but you don't see grown-ups hiding behind people. It just doesn't happen. I mean, not that often. People develop social skills over time. Susan Cain
Scientists are trained to be rational and we are not trained to interact with people and develop social skills. Politics is about being able to convince people. Scientists could do with learning how to do that. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
It's critical that children spend time before they arrive in school in a warm, attractive and inclusive environment, where they can learn through play, master social skills and prepare for formal schooling. Michael Gove