gravitas

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(grăv'ĭ-täs') pronunciation

Substance; weightiness: a frivolous biography that lacks the gravitas of its subject.
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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high seriousness

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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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