Gentility

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The quality of being well-mannered; refinement.
  • n. The condition of being born to the gentry.
  • n. Persons of high social standing considered as a group.
  • n. An attempt to convey or maintain the appearance of refinement and elegance.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The state of being elegant, genteel, having good breeding, or being socially superior.
  • n. The upper classes, the gentry.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Good extraction; dignity of birth.
  • n. The quality or qualities appropriate to those who are well born, as self-respect, dignity, courage, courtesy, politeness of manner, a graceful and easy mien and behavior, etc.; good breeding.
  • n. The class in society who are, or are expected to be, genteel; the gentry.
  • n. Paganism; heathenism.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The quality or state of belonging to a certain gens, clan, or family; gentile relationship or stock.
  • n. Noble or gentle birth.
  • n. People of good birth; gentry.
  • n. Gentile character; paganism; heathenism.
  • n. The quality or state of being genteel; condition, appearance, or manner characteristic of polite society; genteel behavior; fashionableness; stylishness.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. elegance by virtue of fineness of manner and expression
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    paganism    heathenism   
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