different between dignity vs impressiveness
dignity
English
Etymology
From Middle English dignyte, from Old French dignité, from Latin d?gnit?s (“worthiness, merit, dignity, grandeur, authority, rank, office”), from d?gnus (“worthy, appropriate”), from Proto-Italic *degnos, from Proto-Indo-European *d?-nos, from *de?- (“to take”). See also decus (“honor, esteem”) and decet (“it is fitting”). Cognate to deign. Doublet of dainty.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?d??n?ti/
Noun
dignity (countable and uncountable, plural dignities)
- The state of being dignified or worthy of esteem: elevation of mind or character.
- 1752, Henry Fielding, Amelia, I. viii
- He uttered this ... with great majesty, or, as he called it, dignity.
- 1981, African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights, art. 5
- Every individual shall have the right to the respect of the dignity inherent in a human being.
- 1752, Henry Fielding, Amelia, I. viii
- Decorum, formality, stateliness.
- 1934, Aldous Huxley, "Puerto Barrios", in Beyond the Mexique Bay:
- Official DIGNITY tends to increase in inverse ratio to the importance of the country in which the office is held.
- 1934, Aldous Huxley, "Puerto Barrios", in Beyond the Mexique Bay:
- High office, rank, or station.
- 1781, Edward Gibbon, The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, F. III. 231:
- He ... distributed the civil and military dignities among his favourites and followers.
- 1781, Edward Gibbon, The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, F. III. 231:
- One holding high rank; a dignitary.
- (obsolete) Fundamental principle; axiom; maxim.
Synonyms
- worth
- worthiness
Coordinate terms
- augustness, humanness, nobility, majesty, grandeur, glory, superiority, wonderfulness
Related terms
- deign
- dignified
- dignify
Translations
See also
- affirmation
- integrity
- self-respect
- self-esteem
- self-worth
- dignity in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- dignity in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- tidying
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impressiveness
English
Etymology
impressive +? -ness
Noun
impressiveness (uncountable)
- The quality of being impressive.
Translations
References
- Webster, Noah (1828) , “impressiveness”, in An American Dictionary of the English Language
- impressiveness in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- permissiveness
impressiveness From the web:
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