longanimity

/,lɔɳgə'nimiti/

Thân thiện

A teacher shows great longanimity while helping a student with a difficult math problem.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • Good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence: The capacity to endure waiting, inefficiency, or provocation with calmness and without becoming annoyed or angry. It implies a patient and forbearing disposition.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Her longanimity was tested daily by the slow bureaucracy.
  • The teacher handled the disruptive student with remarkable longanimity.
  • The project's success was due in part to the manager's longanimity with the team's initial mistakes.

Advanced Usage

• "To show longanimity": To demonstrate patient endurance.
  • He showed great longanimity during the lengthy negotiations.
• "The longanimity of...": Used to describe the patient nature of a person or entity.
  • The longanimity of the saint was an inspiration to all.

Variants and Related Words

• Longanimous (adj): Having or showing patient endurance.
  • He was a longanimous leader, never rushing to judgment.

Synonyms

• Forbearance: Patient self-control; restraint.
• Patience: The capacity to accept or tolerate delay, problems, or suffering without becoming annoyed or anxious.
• Tolerance: The ability or willingness to tolerate the existence of opinions or behavior that one dislikes or disagrees with.

Antonyms

• Impatience: The tendency to be quickly irritated or provoked.
• Intolerance: Unwillingness to accept views, beliefs, or behavior that differ from one's own.

Học thuật

Noun

1. good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence

Từ đồng nghĩa

• patience
• forbearance