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social grace

social grace noun: a skill for dealing with people and society.

Noun

social grace (countable and uncountable, plural social graces)

  1. (countable, in plural, often) A skill for dealing with people and society.
    • Near-synonyms: social skills, soft skills, people skills
    • His lack of mastery of the social graces made it obvious he had not been raised in upper-class society.
  2. (uncountable) The ability to fit into polite society and behave properly and with etiquette.
    • Near-synonym: refinement
    • His lack of social grace made him anathema at dinner parties.
    Synonyms:
    refinement

Synonyms of social grace

Forms of social grace

pluralsocial graces

Questions about social grace

What does social grace mean?
Social grace means a skill for dealing with people and society.
What part of speech is social grace?
Social grace is a noun.
What is the plural of social grace?
The plural of social grace is social graces.

Words near social grace in the dictionary

  1. social fascist
  2. social fascists
  3. social function
  4. social functions
  5. Social Gospel
  6. social grace
  7. social graces
  8. social graph
  9. social graphs
  10. social group
  11. social groups

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