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Gentility vs Politeness - What's the difference?

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Gentility is a related term of politeness.


As nouns the difference between gentility and politeness

is that gentility is (uncountable) the state of being elegant, genteel, having good breeding, or being socially superior while politeness is the quality of being polite.

gentility

English

Noun

  • (uncountable) The state of being elegant, genteel, having good breeding, or being socially superior.
  • The upper classes, the gentry.

    • politeness

    English

    (wikipedia politeness)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • The quality of being polite.

    • Synonyms

    * (the act of being polite): affability, civility, courtliness, etiquette

    Antonyms

    * (the act of being polite): impoliteness, rudeness