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GRAVITAS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does gravitas mean?
• GRAVITAS (noun)
The noun GRAVITAS has 1 sense:
1. formality in bearing and appearance
Familiarity information: GRAVITAS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Formality in bearing and appearance
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
dignity; gravitas; lordliness
Context example:
he behaved with great dignity
Hypernyms ("gravitas" is a kind of...):
bearing; comportment; mien; presence (dignified manner or conduct)
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