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quality - an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare |
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attribute an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity
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appearance,
visual aspect the act of appearing in public view; "the rookie made a brief appearance in the first period"; "it was Bernhardt's last appearance in America"
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attraction,
attractiveness the quality of arousing interest; being attractive or something that attracts; "her personality held a strange attraction for him"
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clarity,
clearness,
uncloudedness free from obscurity and easy to understand; the comprehensibility of clear expression
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opacity,
opaqueness the quality of being opaque to a degree; the degree to which something reduces the passage of light
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divisibility the quality of being divisible; the capacity to be divided into parts or divided among a number of persons
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ease,
easiness,
simpleness,
simplicity freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort; "he rose through the ranks with apparent ease"; "they put it into containers for ease of transportation"; "the very easiness of the deed held her back"
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difficultness,
difficulty the quality of being difficult; "they agreed about the difficulty of the climb"
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burnability,
combustibility,
combustibleness the quality of being capable of igniting and burning
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suitability,
suitableness the quality of having the properties that are right for a specific purpose; "an important requirement is suitability for long trips"
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arability the quality of land that is appropriate for cultivation
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impressiveness the quality of making a strong or vivid impression on the mind
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navigability the quality of being suitable for the passage of a ship or aircraft
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neediness the quality of needing attention and affection and reassurance to a marked degree; "he recognized her neediness but had no time to respond to it"
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distressingness,
painfulness the quality of being painful; "she feared the painfulness of childbirth"
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piquance,
piquancy,
piquantness the quality of being agreeably stimulating or mentally exciting
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publicity the quality of being open to public view; "the publicity of the court room"
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spinnability the quality of being suitable for spinning or the capability of being spun (used of textile fibers)
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ineptness,
unsuitability,
unsuitableness the quality of having the wrong properties for a specific purpose
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protectiveness the quality of providing protection; "statistical evidence for the protectiveness of vaccination"
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nature the complex of emotional and intellectual attributes that determine a person's characteristic actions and reactions; "it is his nature to help others"
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humanity,
humanness,
manhood the quality of being humane
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air,
atmosphere,
aura a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing; "an air of mystery"; "the house had a neglected air"; "an atmosphere of defeat pervaded the candidate's headquarters"; "the place had an aura of romance"
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excellence the quality of excelling; possessing good qualities in high degree
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ultimate the finest or most superior quality of its kind; "the ultimate in luxury"
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characteristic a distinguishing quality
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salability,
salableness the quality of being salable or marketable
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changeability,
changeableness the quality of being changeable; having a marked tendency to change; "the changeableness of the weather"
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changelessness,
unchangeability,
unchangeableness,
unchangingness the quality of being unchangeable; having a marked tendency to remain unchanged
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sameness the quality of being alike; "sameness of purpose kept them together"
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difference the quality of being unlike or dissimilar; "there are many differences between jazz and rock"
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certainty,
foregone conclusion,
sure thing something that is certain; "his victory is a certainty"
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probability the quality of being probable; a probable event or the most probable event; "for a while mutiny seemed a probability"; "going by past experience there was a high probability that the visitors were lost"
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precariousness,
uncertainness,
uncertainty extreme dangerousness
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factuality,
factualness the quality of being actual or based on fact; "the realm of factuality must be distinguished from the realm of imagination"
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counterfactuality the quality of being contrary to fact
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corporality,
corporeality,
materiality,
physicalness the quality of being physical; consisting of matter
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immateriality,
incorporeality the quality of not being physical; not consisting of matter
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particularity,
specialness the quality of being particular and pertaining to a specific case or instance; "the particularity of human situations"
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generality the quality of being general or widespread or having general applicability
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simpleness,
simplicity the quality of being simple or uncompounded; "the simplicity of a crystal"
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complexity,
complexness the quality of being intricate and compounded; "he enjoyed the complexity of modern computers"
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regularity the quality of being characterized by a fixed principle or rate; "he was famous for the regularity of his habits"
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irregularity,
unregularity not characterized by a fixed principle or rate; at irregular intervals
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mobility the quality of moving freely
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immobility the quality of not moving
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pleasantness,
sweetness the quality of giving pleasure; "he was charmed by the sweetness of her manner"; "the pleasantness of a cool breeze on a hot summer day"
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unpleasantness the quality of giving displeasure; "the recent unpleasantness of the weather"
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believability,
credibility,
credibleness the quality of being believable or trustworthy
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incredibility,
incredibleness the quality of being incredible
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logicality,
logicalness correct and valid reasoning
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illogic,
illogicality,
illogicalness,
inconsequence invalid or incorrect reasoning
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naturalness the likeness of a representation to the thing represented; "engineers strove to increase the naturalness of recorded music"
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unnaturalness the quality of being unnatural or not based on natural principles
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vertu,
virtu objet d'art collectively (especially fine antiques)
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wholesomeness the quality of being beneficial and generally good for you
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morbidity,
morbidness,
unwholesomeness an abnormally gloomy or unhealthy state of mind; "his fear of being alone verges on morbidity"
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satisfactoriness the quality of giving satisfaction sufficient to meet a demand or requirement
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unsatisfactoriness the quality of being inadequate or unsuitable
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mundaneness,
mundanity,
ordinariness the quality of being commonplace and ordinary
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extraordinariness the quality of being extraordinary and not commonly encountered
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ethnicity an ethnic quality or affiliation resulting from racial or cultural ties; "ethnicity has a strong influence on community status relations"
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curiousness,
foreignness,
strangeness a state of active curiosity
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nativeness the quality of belonging to or being connected with a certain place or region by virtue of birth or origin
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originality the quality of being new and original (not derived from something else)
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unoriginality the quality of being unoriginal
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correctness,
rightness conformity to fact or truth
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incorrectness,
wrongness the quality of not conforming to fact or truth
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accuracy,
truth the quality of being near to the true value; "he was beginning to doubt the accuracy of his compass"; "the lawyer questioned the truth of my account"
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accuracy the quality of being near to the true value; "he was beginning to doubt the accuracy of his compass"; "the lawyer questioned the truth of my account"
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inaccuracy the quality of being inaccurate and having errors
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distinction a distinguishing difference; "he learned the distinction between gold and lead"
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popularity the quality of being widely admired or accepted or sought after; "his charm soon won him affection and popularity"; "the universal popularity of American movies"
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unpopularity the quality of lacking general approval or acceptance
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lawfulness the quality of conforming to law
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unlawfulness the quality of failing to conform to law
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elegance a refined quality of gracefulness and good taste; "she conveys an aura of elegance and gentility"
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elegance a refined quality of gracefulness and good taste; "she conveys an aura of elegance and gentility"
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inelegance the quality of lacking refinement and good taste
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urbanity the quality or character of life in a city or town; "there is an important difference between rusticity and urbanity"
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comprehensibility,
understandability the quality of comprehensible language or thought
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expressiveness the quality of being expressive
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incomprehensibility the quality of being incomprehensible
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humaneness the quality of compassion or consideration for others (people or animals)
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inhumaneness,
inhumanity the quality of lacking compassion or consideration for others
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morality concern with the distinction between good and evil or right and wrong; right or good conduct
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immorality the quality of not being in accord with standards of right or good conduct; "the immorality of basing the defense of the West on the threat of mutual assured destruction"
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amorality the quality of being amoral
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divinity the quality of being divine; "ancient Egyptians believed in the divinity of the Pharaohs"
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holiness,
sanctitude,
sanctity the quality of being holy
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ideality the quality of being ideal
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unholiness the quality of being unholy
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parental quality a quality appropriate to a parent
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faithfulness,
fidelity accuracy with which an electronic system reproduces the sound or image of its input signal
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infidelity,
unfaithfulness the quality of being unfaithful
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mundaneness,
mundanity,
sophistication,
worldliness falsification by the use of sophistry; misleading by means of specious fallacies; "he practiced the art of sophistication upon reason"
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naiveness,
naivete,
naivety lack of sophistication or worldliness
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hardness the quality of being difficult to do; "he assigned a series of problems of increasing hardness"; "the ruggedness of his exams caused half the class to fail"
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penetrability,
perviousness the quality of being penetrable (by people or light or missiles etc.)
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impenetrability,
imperviousness incomprehensibility by virtue of being too dense to understand
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soapiness the quality of being soap or being covered with soap; "she could smell the soapiness of the doctor's hands"
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fibrosity,
fibrousness the quality of being fibrous
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directiveness,
directivity the property of a microphone or antenna of being more sensitive in one direction than in another; "the antenna received signals with no directivity"
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extremeness the quality of being extreme
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closeness,
stuffiness characterized by a lack of openness (especially about one's actions or purposes)
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adequacy,
sufficiency the quality of being able to meet a need satisfactorily: "he questioned the adequacy of the usual sentimental interpretation of the Golden Rule"
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worth the quality that renders something desirable or valuable or useful
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ineptitude,
worthlessness having no qualities that would render it valuable or useful; "the drill sergeant's intent was to convince all the recruits of their worthlessness"
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good,
goodness moral excellence or admirableness; "there is much good to be found in people"
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bad,
badness that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency; "take the bad with the good"
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fecundity,
fruitfulness the intellectual productivity of a creative imagination
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aridity,
barrenness,
fruitlessness a deficiency of moisture (especially when resulting from a permanent absence of rainfall)
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usefulness,
utility the service (electric power or water or transportation) provided by a public utility; "the cost of utilities never decreases"; "all the utilities were lost after the hurricane"
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inutility,
unusefulness,
uselessness the quality of having no practical use
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asset,
plus a useful or valuable quality
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constructiveness the quality of serving to build or improve
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destructiveness the quality of causing destruction
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positiveness,
positivism,
positivity the form of empiricism that bases all knowledge on perceptual experience (not on intuition or revelation)
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negativeness,
negativism,
negativity an amount less than zero
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occidentalism the quality or customs or mannerisms characteristic of Western civilizations
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orientalism the quality or customs or mannerisms characteristic of Asian civilizations; "orientalisms can be found in Mozart's operas"
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power,
powerfulness possession of controlling influence; "the deterrent power of nuclear weapons"; "the power of his love saved her"; "his powerfulness was concealed by a gentle facade"
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ability the quality of being able to perform; a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment
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impotence,
impotency,
powerlessness an inability (usually of the male animal) to copulate
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inability,
unfitness lacking the power to perform
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romance,
romanticism a novel dealing with idealized events remote from everyday life
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domesticity domestic activities or life; "making a hobby of domesticity"
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boundlessness,
infiniteness,
infinitude,
limitlessness,
unboundedness the quality of being infinite; without bound or limit
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boundedness,
finiteness,
finitude the quality of being finite
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measurability,
quantifiability the quality of being measurable
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solubility the quality of being soluble and easily dissolved in liquid
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insolubility the quality of being insoluble and difficult to dissolve in liquid
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stuff miscellaneous unspecified objects; "the trunk was full of stuff"
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hot stuff,
voluptuousness the quality of being popular; "skiing is hot stuff in New Hampshire"
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humor,
humour the trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous; "she didn't appreciate my humor"; "you can't survive in the army without a sense of humor"
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pathos,
poignancy a quality that arouses emotions (especially pity or sorrow); "the film captured all the pathos of their situation"
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tone (linguistics) a pitch or change in pitch of the voice that serves to distinguish words in tonal languages; "the Beijing dialect uses four tones"
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brachycephalism,
brachycephaly the quality of being brachycephalic
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dolichocephalism,
dolichocephaly the quality of being dolichocephalic
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relativity the quality of being relative and having significance only in relation to something else
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responsiveness the quality of being responsive; reacting quickly; as a quality of people, it involves responding with emotion to people and events
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deadness,
unresponsiveness the inanimate property of something that has died
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subjectivism the quality of being subjective
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snootiness the quality of being snooty; "he disliked his neighbors' snootiness"
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ulteriority the quality of being ulterior; "their conversation was limited to ulteriorities"; "a terrible feeling of ulteriority"; "his stories were too susceptible to ulteriority"
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memorability the quality of being worth remembering; "continuous change results in lack of memorability"; "true memorability of phrase"
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woodiness,
woodsiness the quality of abounding in trees
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waxiness the quality of being made of wax or covered with wax
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quality - a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something; "each town has a quality all its own"; "the radical character of our demands" |
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character,
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attribute,
dimension,
property an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity
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texture the physical composition of something (especially with respect to the size and shape of the small constituents of a substance); "breadfruit has the same texture as bread"; "sand of a fine grain"; "fish with a delicate flavor and texture"; "a stone of coarse grain"
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quality - a degree or grade of excellence or worth; "the quality of students has risen"; "an executive of low caliber" |
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caliber,
calibre |
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degree,
grade,
level a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality; "a moderate grade of intelligence"; "a high level of care is required"; "it is all a matter of degree"
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high quality,
superiority the quality of being superior
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inferiority,
low quality an inferior quality
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quality - high social status; "a man of quality" |
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rank,
social rank,
social station,
social status a row or line of people (especially soldiers or police) standing abreast of one another; "the entrance was guarded by ranks of policemen"
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quality - of high social status; "people of quality"; "a quality family" |
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upper-class occupying the highest socioeconomic position in a society
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