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Dictionary: grav·i·tas   (grăv'ĭ-täs') pronunciation
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  1. Substance; weightiness: a frivolous biography that lacks the gravitas of its subject.
  2. A serious or dignified demeanor: "Our national father figure needs gravitas, [but] he's pitched himself as the kid brother" (John Leo).

[Latin gravitās, heaviness, seriousness. See gravity.]


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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: formality in bearing and appearance
  Synonyms: dignity, lordliness


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Gravitas (from Latin) is a quality of substance or depth of personality.

Gravitas (specifically dignity, seriousness, and duty) is one of the several virtues that ancient Roman society expected men to possess, along with pietas, dignitas, and iustitia.

"Gravitas" should not be confused with "gravity" in the sense of importance, although they have a common etymology, coming from the Latin for weightiness.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - højtidelighed

Français (French)
n. - envergure, poids

Deutsch (German)
n. - Gravität , (steife) Würde

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - σοβαρότητα, κύρος

Italiano (Italian)
gravità

Português (Portuguese)
n. - sobriedade (f)

Русский (Russian)
степенность

Español (Spanish)
n. - comportamiento solemne, seriedad

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - viss reserverad värdighet

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
庄严, 庄重

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 莊嚴, 莊重

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 엄숙함, 진지

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 厳粛さ

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮רצינות, התנהגות חגיגית‬


 
 

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