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What I find is with all due deference to - deference to our male colleagues, that women's styles tend to be more collaborative.
Susan Collins

Meaning of "deference" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DEFERENCE

From French déférence.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF DEFERENCE

deference  [ˈdɛfərəns] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DEFERENCE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Deference is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DEFERENCE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Deference

Deference is the condition of submitting to the espoused, legitimate influence of one's superior or superiors. Deference implies a yielding or submitting to the judgment of a recognized superior out of respect or reverence. Deference has been studied extensively by political scientists, sociologists, and psychologists.

Definition of deference in the English dictionary

The definition of deference in the dictionary is submission to or compliance with the will, wishes, etc, of another. Other definition of deference is courteous regard; respect.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DEFERENCE


appearance
əˈpɪərəns
assurance
əˈʃʊərəns
circumference
səˈkʌmfərəns
clearance
ˈklɪərəns
conference
ˈkɒnfərəns
difference
ˈdɪfərəns
efference
ˈefərəns
endurance
ɪnˈdjʊərəns
inference
ˈɪnfərəns
insurance
ɪnˈʃʊərəns
misreference
ˌmɪsˈrefərəns
nonconference
ˌnɒnˈkɒnfərəns
preference
ˈprɛfərəns
reference
ˈrɛfərəns
subreference
ˈsʌbˌrefərəns
sufferance
ˈsʌfərəns
teleconference
ˈtɛlɪˌkɒnfərəns
tolerance
ˈtɒlərəns
transference
ˈtrænsfərəns
vociferance
vəʊˈsɪfərəns

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DEFERENCE

defensive
defensive medicine
defensively
defensiveness
defer
deferable
deferent
deferential
deferentially
deferment
deferrable
deferral
deferred
deferred annuity
deferred liability
deferred sentence
deferred success
deferrer
deferring
defervescence

WORDS THAT END LIKE DEFERENCE

abhorrence
adherence
at your convenience
clarence
coherence
concurrence
cross-reference
Florence
indifference
Laurence
Lawrence
make a difference
news conference
occurrence
press conference
recurrence
reverence
Terence
time difference
transparence
with a difference

Synonyms and antonyms of deference in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «DEFERENCE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «deference» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of deference

Translation of «deference» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DEFERENCE

Find out the translation of deference to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of deference from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «deference» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

敬重
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

deferencia
570 millions of speakers

English

deference
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सम्मान
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

إذعان
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Уважительное
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

deferência
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সশ্রদ্ধ বাধ্যতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

déférence
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Penghormatan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Respekt
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

敬意
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

경의
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Anggepan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tôn trọng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பணிவு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

आदर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

saygı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

deferenza
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

poważanie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

шанобливе
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

deferență
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πίστα με μήκος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

eerbieding
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

nads-
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ærbødighet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of deference

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DEFERENCE»

The term «deference» is quite widely used and occupies the 49.600 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DEFERENCE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «deference» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «deference» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about deference

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7 QUOTES WITH «DEFERENCE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word deference.
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Sean Brady
With others, I feel betrayed that those who had the authority in the Church to stop Brendan Smyth failed to act on the evidence I gave them. However, I also accept that I was part of an unhelpful culture of deference and silence in society and the Church, which thankfully is now a thing of the past.
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Jacqueline Carey
It's funny, because in deference to conventional wisdom, I spent my struggling writer years trying to suppress my naturally baroque literary voice and write clean, spare prose. I finally gave up and embraced my baroque tendencies when I wrote the Kushiel series.
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Susan Collins
What I find is with all due deference to - deference to our male colleagues, that women's styles tend to be more collaborative.
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Walter Savage Landor
Great men always pay deference to greater.
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Jennifer Lee
In deference to American traditions, my family put our oven to rare use at Thanksgiving during my childhood, with odd roast-turkey experiments involving sticky-rice stuffing or newfangled basting techniques that we read about in magazines.
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Angelo Scola
We show deference to the civil authorities when they respect the divine origin of their power and when they serve the people with objective reference to the law of God.
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James Woolsey
Countries are effectively paid deference in direct and indirect ways if they're huge oil suppliers.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DEFERENCE»

Discover the use of deference in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to deference and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Biosociology of Dominance and Deference
Nonetheless, sociologists do show growing interest in biology and what it can contribute to their discipline. In this short, engaging volume Allan Mazur develops new and sociologically sophisticated concepts to bring these fields together.
Allan Mazur, 2005
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A Culture of Deference: Congress, the President, and the ...
This book explores the culture of deference by the legislative branch to the executive branch on foreign policy issues, particularly regarding the George W. Bush administration's rush to war in Iraq in 2003.
Festus Ugboaja Ohaegbulam, 2007
3
Never Mind the Bosses: Hastening the Death of Deference for ...
This book offers a solution to a problem that belongs in the last century, and a game plan for nothing short of a workplace revolution.
Robin Ryde, 2012
4
The Ethics of Deference: Learning from Law's Morals
Do citizens have an obligation to obey the law? This book differs from standard approaches by shifting from the language of obedience (orders) to that of deference (normative judgments).
Philip Soper, 2002
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In Deference to the Other: Lonergan and Contemporary ...
Explores the work of Bernard Lonergan in light of contemporary continental thought.
Jim Kanaris, Mark J. Doorley, 2004
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Anglophilia: Deference, Devotion, and Antebellum America
Anglophilia charts the phenomenon of the love of Britain that emerged after the Revolution and remains in the character of U.S. society and class, the style of academic life, and the idea of American intellectualism.
Elisa Tamarkin, 2008
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Proportionality and Deference Under the UK Human Rights Act: ...
Revision of thesis (Doctoral)- London School of Economics, 2010.
Alan D. P. Brady, 2012
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A Culture of Deference: Congress's Failure of Leadership in ...
Argues that during the administrations of Presidents Carter, Reagan, Bush, and Clinton Congress acquiesced to the executive branch and special interest groups in the area of foreign policy to the detriment of the United States
Stephen R. Weissman, 1996
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Domestic Service in Post-Apartheid South Africa: Deference ...
Set within the context of post-apartheid South Africa, the author examines the lives of women in domestic service to discover whether the dismantling of apartheid has ameliorated the poor pay and conditions of this marginalized workforce.
Dr A J King, 2012
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The Margin of Appreciation in International Human Rights ...
This book argues that a degree of deference is justified because although human rights standards are universal, in practice they inevitably look different from place to place.
Andrew Legg, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DEFERENCE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term deference is used in the context of the following news items.
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King v. Burwell Could Undermine The EPA's Clean Power Plan
Justice John Roberts, in sidestepping the Chevron deference test and flatly ignoring the plain meaning of the statutory language in the ... «The Federalist, Jul 15»
2
There was a bad call in the Cardinals-Cubs game last night and the …
Add to it the idea that field umpires are entitled to deference, either on calls that are reviewed or the category of calls, like this one, which are ... «NBCSports.com, Jul 15»
3
Museum Grown-Ups Put Math Kid In His Place: Nice Try, We Were …
The Boston Museum of Science originally showed respect and deference to Rosenfeld after the teen explained that the way the Golden Ratio ... «Gawker, Jul 15»
4
Foreign exchange traders focus on US and UK policy race
At least deference and waiting are two of the more established British hallmarks. You need JavaScript active on your browser in order to see ... «Financial Times, Jul 15»
5
The Philippines' Dilemma on China's New Infrastructure Bank
... Philippines, have come to view the AIIB and other Beijing initiatives as a disguised effort to create a Chinese 'zone of deference' across Asia. «The Diplomat, Jul 15»
6
How clergy abuse survivors have changed history
The number of lawsuits dramatically increased and the protective deference on the part of law enforcement and civil officials, once counted on ... «National Catholic Reporter, Jul 15»
7
The wrinkle in the ACA decision
Instead, the court, in the act of deference to Congress' objective in enacting the ACA, asserted its power to render the final, if properly ... «Montana Standard, Jul 15»
8
Chevron decision's domain may be shrinking
Natural Resources Defense Council had "fundamentally altered the existing jurisprudence regarding the deference owed decisions of ... «The Hill, Jul 15»
9
How deference leads to activism (or scuttling originalism)
Of course, many advocates of judicial deference are also committed to ... great Ed Meese — advocated both originalism and judicial deference. «Washington Post, Jul 15»
10
Barnaby Joyce obeyed Tony Abbott's Q&A ban 'out of deference'
Agriculture minister Barnaby Joyce prepares to deliver his address to the National Press Club on Monday. Photograph: Lukas Coch/Australian ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»

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