longanimity
/,lɔɳgə'nimiti/
Definition
- 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.
Noun
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good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
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