docility en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *deḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *doḱ-éye-ti Proto-Italic *dokejō Proto-Italic *dokeō Ancient Greek διδάσκω (didáskō)sl. Latin doceō Proto-Indo-European *-elis Proto-Italic *-elis Latin -ilis Latin docilis Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin docilitas Middle French docilité English docility From Middle French docilité, from Latin docilitas.
Meanings
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(uncountable, usually) The quality of being docile.
Couldn't docility from totalitarian indoctrination be a human shortcoming?
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| docilities | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
Synonyms
placidity · lethargic · docileness
Translations (15)
it docilità (the quality of being docile) · tr yumuşak başlılık (the quality of being docile) · sv foglighet (the quality of being docile) · ro docilitate (the quality of being docile) · tr uysallık (the quality of being docile) · es docilidad (the quality of being docile) · la docilitas (the quality of being docile) · ja 従順 (the quality of being docile) · sh docilnost (the quality of being docile) · de Gelehrigkeit (the quality of being docile) · gl docilidade (the quality of being docile) · ca docilitat (the quality of being docile) · fr docilité (the quality of being docile) · pt docilidade (the quality of being docile) · oc docilitat (the quality of being docile)