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   Gen·til·i·ty

   /jenˈtilədē/

   

   noun

   • 1. social superiority as demonstrated by genteel manners, behavior, or appearances: "her grandmother's pretensions to gentility" Similar social superiorityrespectabilityrefinementpreeminencepride of placedistinctionascendancyinformal:poshnesshumorous:couthrespectabilityrefinementpolishdecorousnesscorrectnessseemlinesspolitenessgood mannersculturebreedingcultivationsophisticationcourtesyladylikenessgentlemanlinesscivilityelegancestylestylishnessurbanitycivilizationcourtlinessdignitygracegraciousnesspunctiliousnessaffectednessaffectationostentationostentatiousnessdated:mannerlinessOpposite vulgarity

   Word Origin Middle English (in the sense ‘honorable birth’): from Old French gentilite, from gentil (see gentle1).

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