gentility

n.

1. The quality of being well-mannered; refinement.
2. The condition of being born to the gentry.
3. Persons of high social standing considered as a group.
4. An attempt to convey or maintain the appearance of refinement and elegance.

[Middle English gentilete, nobility of birth, from Old French, from Latin gentīlitās, from gentīlis, of the same clan. See gentle.]

noun

1. Well-mannered behavior toward others: civility, courteousness, courtesy, genteelness, mannerliness, politeness, politesse. See courtesy/discourtesy.
2. People of the highest social level: aristocracy, blue blood, crème de la crème, elite, flower, gentry, nobility, patriciate, quality, society, upper class, who's who. Informal upper crust. See over/under.

n

Definition: sophistication, cultivation
Antonyms: coarseness, crudeness, roughness, rusticity, vulgarity

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IN BRIEF: Good birth and family. Also: Good manners.

Although the family was poor, they showed true gentility by welcoming the strangers with friendliness.

Dansk (Danish)
n. - det at være fin, have fine fornemmelser, honnet ambition

Nederlands (Dutch)
sociale superioriteit, (gemaakte) deftigheid, adel

Français (French)
n. - distinction, affectation, bonne famille, haute bourgeoisie

Deutsch (German)
n. - Vornehmheit, niedriger Adel

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αρχοντιά, ευγένεια, κομψότητα, καθωσπρεπισμός, ψεύτικη ή ξεπεσμένη αρχοντιά

Italiano (Italian)
nobiltà, gentilezza

Português (Portuguese)
n. - nobreza (f), distinção (f), refinamento (m)

Русский (Russian)
благовоспитанность, аристократизм, аристократия

Español (Spanish)
n. - decencia, decoro, gentileza, cortesía, buenas maneras

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - finhet, fint folk, fint sätt, förnäm börd

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
高贵的出身, 高雅的风度

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 高貴的出身, 高雅的風度

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 상류태생[계급], 얌전 빼는 태도

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 上流気取り, お上品ぶり, 上流階級, 上品

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) نباله, الطبقه الارستقراطيه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮נימוסיות, חינוך, אצולה, עליונות במעמד‬

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