gentility

Meaning

1. (uncountable) The state of being elegant, genteel, having good breeding, or being socially superior.
2. (countable, uncountable) The upper classes, the gentry.

Synonyms

personality

character

nobility

genteelness

breeding

politeness

urbanity

comity

complaisance

courtesy

custom

delicacy

disposition

fashion

figure

gallantry

gentlefolk

gentleness

gentry

goodness

graciousness

humaneness

humanitarianism

humanity

identity

kind

ladyship

lineament

loftiness

manners

nature

nobleness

noblesse

persona

personae

personage

quality

refinement

sophistication

style

tactfulness

trait

upper class

personal appearance

kindness of spirit

cousteousness

attribute

urbanness

big name

carriage

Translations

personnalité

buena educación

kibarlık

شخصية

personalitat

refinament

educació

Charakter

Persönlichkeit

vornehme Herkunft

άτομον

ευγένεια

ατομικότητα

αριστοκρατική καταγωγή

elegància

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌd͡ʒɛnˈtɪl.ə.ti/

Etymology

From Old French gentilité.