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Synonyms & Antonyms of gentility
1
speech or behavior that is a sign of good breeding
- was full of the same gentility and grace that marked the rest of the family
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2
the highest class in a society
- as members of the gentility, they felt an obligation to help the less fortunate
Synonyms for gentility
- aristocracy,
- elite,
- gentlefolk
- (also gentlefolks),
- gentry,
- nobility,
- patriciate,
- quality,
- upper class,
- upper crust
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- A-list,
- beau monde,
- beautiful people,
- café society,
- Four Hundred
- (or 400),
- glitterati,
- haut monde
- (also haute monde),
- jet set,
- society
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The first known use of gentility was in the 14th century
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