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Complaisance vs Urbanity - What's the difference?

complaisance | urbanity | Synonyms |

Complaisance is a synonym of urbanity.


As nouns the difference between complaisance and urbanity

is that complaisance is the quality of being complaisant, amiable or agreeable while urbanity is behaviour that is polished, refined, courteous.

complaisance

English

Alternative forms

* complaisaunce (qualifier)

Noun

(-)
  • The quality of being complaisant, amiable or agreeable.

    • urbanity

    English

    (wikipedia urbanity)

    Noun

    (urbanities)
  • Behaviour that is polished, refined, courteous.
  • * 1825 , ", The Crayon Papers ,
    • The vaunted courtesy of the old school, the smooth urbanity that prevailed in former days
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
    • , chapter=9 citation , passage=Eustace gaped at him in amazement. When his urbanity dropped away from him, as now, he had an innocence of expression which was almost infantile. It was as if the world had never touched him at all.}}
  • (in the plural) Courtesies.
  • * 1864 , ,
    • Wealdon's two little visits explained perfectly the active urbanities of Captain Stanley Lake.
  • What is characteristically urban in an area; urbanness.
  • * 1955 , C.J. Lammers, Studies in Holland flood disaster 1953 , vol. 2, p. 39,
    • , the majority of cases will differ as to "urbanity ", as most of the evacuees were rural.
  • * 1956 , Fred C. IklĂ© & Harry V. Kincaid, "Social Aspects of Wartime Evacuation of American Cities", Disaster Study , vol 4., p. 44,
    • Evacuees, the majority of whom were rural persons, reported more tensions as the urbanity of the reception community increased
    Antonyms
    * rurality