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goodwill
English
Etymology
From Middle English *goodwille, good wille (“goodwill”), perhaps from Old English *g?dwille (“goodwill”); compare Old English g?dwillende (“well-pleased”); also Scots guidwilly, guidwillie (“displaying goodwill”), equivalent to good +? will. Cognate with Scots guidwill (“goodwill”), Middle Low German g?twille (“goodwill”), Old High German guotwilligi (“goodwill”), Old Danish godvilje (“goodwill”), Icelandic góðvilji, góðvili (“goodwill”), Icelandic góðvild (“goodness”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??d?w?l/
Noun
goodwill (usually uncountable, plural goodwills)
- A favorably disposed attitude toward someone or something.
- 20 January 2017, Donald Trump, Inauguration Speech
- We will seek friendship and goodwill with the nations of the world - but we do so with the understanding that it is the right of all nations to put their own interests first.
- 20 January 2017, Donald Trump, Inauguration Speech
- (accounting) The value of a business entity not directly attributable to its tangible assets and liabilities. This value derives from factors such as consumer loyalty to the brand.
- (business) A concept used to refer to the ability of an individual or business to exert influence within a community, club, market or another type of group, without having to resort to the use of an asset (such as money or property), either directly or by the creation of a lien.
Antonyms
- ill will
Translations
See also
- bona fides
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English goodwill.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??ut.??l/, [??ut.??l], [??ud.w?l]
- Hyphenation: good?will
Noun
goodwill m (uncountable)
- goodwill
Finnish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English goodwill.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??udwil/, [??udwil]
Noun
goodwill
- goodwill (intangible business value)
Declension
Synonyms
- liikearvo
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humanity
English
Etymology
From Middle English humanyte, humanite, humanitye, from Old French humanité, from Latin h?m?nit?s (“human nature, humanity, also humane conduct”), from h?m?nus (“human, humane”); see human, humane.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /hju?mæn?ti/, [hju?mæn??i]
Noun
humanity (countable and uncountable, plural humanities)
- Mankind; human beings as a group.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:humankind
- The human condition or nature.
- The quality of being benevolent; humane traits of character; humane qualities or aspects.
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 16
- Think of that; by that sweet girl that old man had a child: hold ye then there can be any utter, hopeless harm in Ahab? No, no, my lad; stricken, blasted, if he be, Ahab has his humanities!”
- Synonym: humaneness
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 16
- Any academic subject belonging to the humanities.
Derived terms
- humanitarian
- humanitarianism
Related terms
- humanities
- humane
Translations
Further reading
- humanity on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References
- humanity at OneLook Dictionary Search
- humanity in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
- "humanity" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 148.
- humanity in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- humanity in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
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