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- 1. social superiority as demonstrated by polite and respectable manners, behaviour, or appearances: "her grandmother's pretensions to gentility" Similar Opposite
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noun [ U ] uk / dʒenˈtɪl.ə.ti / us / dʒenˈtɪl.ə.t̬i / Add to word list. the quality of being genteel: an air (= manner) of gentility. Synonym. breeding. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Manners & levels of formality. button-down. buttoned-up. casualization. ceremoniously. formally. genteelly. genteelness. grace. ground rules. non-U.
1. a. : the condition of belonging to the gentry. b. : gentlefolk, gentry. 2. a (1) : decorum of conduct : courtesy. (2) : attitudes or activity marked by false delicacy, prudery, or affectation. b. : superior social status or prestige evidenced by manners, possessions, or mode of life. Synonyms. civility. courteousness. courtesy. genteelness.
gentility. /dʒɛnˈtɪlədi/ IPA guide. Other forms: gentilities. Anyone can be nice. Many people have good manners. But gentility is that rare kind of graciousness that is handed down from one elegant generation to the next.
noun [ U ] us / dʒenˈtɪl.ə.t̬i / uk / dʒenˈtɪl.ə.ti / Add to word list. the quality of being genteel: an air (= manner) of gentility. Synonym. breeding. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Manners & levels of formality. button-down. buttoned-up. casualization. ceremoniously. formally. genteelly. genteelness. grace. ground rules.
noun. good breeding or refinement. Synonyms: propriety, decorum, grace, polish. affected or pretentious politeness or elegance. the status of belonging to polite society. members of polite society collectively. gentility. / dʒɛnˈtɪlɪtɪ / noun. respectability and polite good breeding. affected politeness. noble birth or ancestry.
1. The quality of being well-mannered; refinement. 2. The condition of being born to the gentry. 3. Persons of high social standing considered as a group. 4. An attempt to convey or maintain the appearance of refinement and elegance.
Gentility is the fact or appearance of belonging to a high social class. He surrounds himself with all the trappings of gentility–dogs, horses, and fine paintings. The hotel has an air of faded gentility.
