docility
Gelehrigkeit
The quality of being docileThe quality of being docile.
US/dɑsˈɪləti/
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable, usually)The quality of being docile.
Couldn't docility from totalitarian indoctrination be a human shortcoming?
Gelehrigkeit
More definitions
- the trait of being agreeably submissive and manageable
Translations
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By meaning 1
the quality of being docile:
Origin
From Middle French docilité, from Latin docilitas.From Middle French docilité, from Latin docilitas.
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Forms
plural: docilities| Singular | docility |
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uncountable
Synonyms
3 synonymsAntonyms
1 antonymsWord family
2 related wordsRelateddocile
Derivedundocility
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable