ignobility
/ig'noublnis/ Cách viết khác : (ignobility) /,ignou'biliti/
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Definition
- Noun:
- The quality or state of being ignoble; lack of nobility in character, purpose, or birth: "Ignobility" refers to the condition of being dishonorable, base, or mean-spirited. It describes actions, motives, or origins that are contemptible, unworthy, or devoid of honor and moral excellence.
Usage
- "Ignobility" is a formal noun used to describe a profound moral failing or a degrading characteristic. It is often applied to actions, intentions, or traits that are considered shamefully low or unworthy of respect.
Examples
- Noun:
- The ignobility of his betrayal shocked everyone who had trusted him.
- Historians often debate the ignobility of the ruler's decision to abandon his people during the crisis.
- She was disgusted by the sheer ignobility of their scheme to profit from others' misfortune.
Advanced Usage
- "To sink into ignobility": to descend into a state of dishonor or baseness.
- The once-respected institution sank into ignobility after the corruption scandal.
- "An act of pure ignobility": an action motivated entirely by base or dishonorable intentions.
- Spreading those lies was an act of pure ignobility.
Variants and Related Words
- Ignoble (adj): not honorable in character or purpose; mean.
- His ignoble motives were eventually revealed.
- Ignobly (adv): in an ignoble manner.
- The leader was ignobly deposed by his own council.
Synonyms
- Baseness: lack of moral principles; bad character.
- Meanness: lack of generosity; pettiness of character.
- Despicability: the quality of being deserving of contempt.
- Degradation: the condition of being lowered in character or quality.
Antonyms
- Nobility: the quality of being noble in character, mind, birth, or rank.
- Honor: adherence to what is right or to a conventional standard of conduct.
- Decency: behavior that conforms to accepted standards of morality or respectability.
Noun
- the quality of being ignoble