gentility
Collocations
2VERB + GENTILITY
lists, selling
GENTILITY + NOUN
critics, sens
Definitions
noun
The state of being elegant, genteel, having good breeding, or being socially superior.
1967-1969, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure He is the violence and fear of the boy of my stories, yet the gentility and sensitivity of poetry.
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.
The upper classes, the gentry.
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Synonyms
noun — elegance by virtue of fineness of manner and expression
- breeding
- genteelness
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Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
21967-1969, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure He is the violence and fear of the boy of my stories, yet the gentility and sens
WiktionaryA 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.
Wiktionary