gentility
/ˌd͡ʒɛnˈtɪl.ə.ti/[ˌd͡ʒɛnˈtɪl.ə.ɾi]
gentility noun: the state of being elegant, genteel, having good breeding, or being socially superior.
Noun
gentility (countable and uncountable, plural gentilities)
- The state of being elegant, genteel, having good breeding, or being socially superior.
- He is the violence and fear of the boy of my stories, yet the gentility and sensitivity of poetry.1967-1969, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure
- A powerful visitors’ bureau has pushed the South Carolina city to the top of “best” lists by selling gentility. Critics say that has come at the expense of history and the city’s Black population.2020 August 12, Tariro Mzezewa, Kim Severson, “Charleston Tourism Is Built on Southern Charm. Locals Say It’s Time to Change.”, in New York Times
- The upper classes, the gentry.
gentility meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
gentility in Tamil
- உயர்குடி மரபு, உயர்குடி நடை, உயர்குடிப்பழக்க வழக்கப்பாங்கு, குடியிறுமாப்பு, உயர்குடித்தன்மை, நன்னடத்தை
gentility in Urdu
- ادب, تہذیب
gentility in Bengali
- ভদ্রতা, মার্জিত আচরণ, আভিজাত্য
gentility in Malayalam
- punctiliousness, social superiority, respectability
- കുലീനത്വം, കുലീനത, ആര്യത, സമൂഹത്തിലുള്ള മാന്യത, മാന്യത്വം, സാമൂഹിക ഔന്നത്യം
More languagesFewer languages
- gentility in Kannada
- ಸದ್ಯಂಶ ಜನನ, ಕುಲೀನತೆ, ಸದ್ಯಂಶತೆ
- gentility in Punjabi
- ਤਹਿਜ਼ੀਬ tahizīb
Forms of gentility
| plural | gentilities |
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Origin of gentility
From Old French gentilité.
Words formed from gentility
Questions about gentility
- What does gentility mean?
- Gentility means the state of being elegant, genteel, having good breeding, or being socially superior.
- What is gentility in Tamil?
- Gentility in Tamil is உயர்குடி மரபு, உயர்குடி நடை, உயர்குடிப்பழக்க வழக்கப்பாங்கு. See Gentility meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is gentility?
- Gentility is a noun.
- How do you pronounce gentility?
- Gentility is pronounced /ˌd͡ʒɛnˈtɪl.ə.ti/.
- What is the plural of gentility?
- The plural of gentility is gentilities.
Words near gentility in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: gentility (page history and authors); gentility (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); gentility (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Gentility (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); gentility (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); gentility (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਤਹਿਜ਼ੀਬ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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