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Meaning of "docile" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DOCILE

From Latin docilis easily taught, from docēre to teach.
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PRONUNCIATION OF DOCILE

docile  [ˈdəʊsaɪl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DOCILE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Docile is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES DOCILE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of docile in the English dictionary

The definition of docile in the dictionary is easy to manage, control, or discipline; submissive. Other definition of docile is ready to learn; easy to teach.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DOCILE


abseil
ˈæbsaɪl
acyl
ˈeɪsaɪl
antimissile
ˌæntɪˈmɪsaɪl
domicile
ˈdɒmɪˌsaɪl
ensile
ɛnˈsaɪl
expansile
ɪkˈspænsaɪl
facile
ˈfæsaɪl
fissile
ˈfɪsaɪl
flexile
ˈflɛksaɪl
gracile
ˈɡræsaɪl
indocile
ɪnˈdəʊsaɪl
missile
ˈmɪsaɪl
pensile
ˈpɛnsaɪl
prehensile
prɪˈhɛnsaɪl
reconcile
ˈrɛkənˌsaɪl
seil
saɪl
sessile
ˈsɛsaɪl
sile
saɪl
tensile
ˈtɛnsaɪl
undocile
ʌnˈdəʊsaɪl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DOCILE

doch-an-doris
Docherty
dochmiac
dochmiacal
dochmius
docibility
docible
docibleness
docilely
docility
docimastic
docimasy
docimology
dock
dock dues
dock house
dock labourer
dock leaf

WORDS THAT END LIKE DOCILE

ancile
automobile
bile
C.difficile
chile
Clostridium difficile
decile
difficile
file
imbecile
juvenile
meanwhile
mile
mobile
overfacile
profile
smile
textile
tile
while

Synonyms and antonyms of docile in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «DOCILE»

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

Translation of «docile» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DOCILE

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

Translator English - Chinese

温顺的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

dócil
570 millions of speakers

English

docile
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

विनम्र
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

منصاع
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

послушный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

dócil
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শিক্ষাগ্রহণে তত্পর
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

docile
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Jinak
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

sanftmütig
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

従順な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

고분고분한
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Docile
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

dể bảo
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வசப்படுத்தத்தக்க
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

विनम्र
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

uysal
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

docile
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

posłuszny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

слухняний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

docil
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

υπάκουο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

mak
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

fogliga
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

føyelig
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of docile

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DOCILE»

The term «docile» is quite widely used and occupies the 41.421 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DOCILE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «docile» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «docile» 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 docile

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8 QUOTES WITH «DOCILE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word docile.
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Abu Bakar Bashir
Oil wealth has been a curse on us, made us weak and docile.
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Paul Bloom
Natural selection shaped the human brain to be drawn toward aspects of nature that enhance our survival and reproduction, like verdant landscapes and docile creatures. There is no payoff to getting the warm fuzzies in the presence of rats, snakes, mosquitoes, cockroaches, herpes simplex and the rabies virus.
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Chadwick Boseman
Some people would view Jackie Robinson as a very safe African-American, a docile figure who had a tendency to try to get along with everyone, and when you look at his history, you learn that he has this fire that allows him to take this punishment but also figure out savvy ways of giving it back.
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James Bovard
People are so docile right now. It is almost as if good government means when the politicians lie to us for our own good, for the public good, and bad government is when politicians lie for their own selfish interests.
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James Bovard
It is hard to know how many people do, but given that the people are so docile towards the rulers, nowadays, very few Americans show the passion for freedom that our forefathers had.
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William O. Douglas
We who have the final word can speak softly or angrily. We can seek to challenge and annoy, as we need not stay docile and quiet.
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Amber Heard
Young women from a very young age are taught that life will be easier if you can just turn on the charming smile and say very little and be complacent and docile and sweet.
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Itay Talgam
A whole generation of veteran composers has never taken a stand or provided an example and has produced in the music academies generations of docile workers for the music industry. What can you expect from downtrodden workers who see music as a type of profession, like stenography, and not an act of creation that by its nature is subversive?

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DOCILE»

Discover the use of docile in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to docile and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison
In this brilliant work, the most influential philosopher since Sartre suggests that such vaunted reforms as the abolition of torture and the emergence of the modern penitentiary have merely shifted the focus of punishment from the prisoner ...
Michel Foucault, 1977
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A Nietzschean Bestiary: Becoming Animal Beyond Docile and Brutal
The essays illustrate Nietzsche's ample use of animal imagery, and link it to the dual philosophical purposes of recovering and revivifying human animality, which plays a significant role in his call for de-deifying nature.
Christa Davis Acampora, Ralph R. Acampora, 2004
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Lewis Baltz: the politics of bacteria, docile bodies, ronde ...
"Breaking from his past serial formats, this exhibition catalog documents Lewis Baltz's color work created from 1991 through 1995. Highlighted are the works ""Ronde de Nuit"", ""Docile Bodies"" and ""The Politics of Bacteria"".
Lewis Baltz, Cornelia H. Butler, Museum of Contemporary Art (Los Angeles, Calif.), 1998
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Hong Kong: The Pearl Made of British Mastery and Chinese ...
Hong Kong has an urbanisation history of an interesting course -- from fishing village of the Qing dynasty under the Manchu rule, to British colony with 98 per cent of its population being Chinese, to global city with great wealth and ...
Wei-Bin Zhang, 2006
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Feminist Interpretations of Michel Foucault
Just So Many Docile Bodies? Feminism and Panopticonism. The transition from sovereign, or monarchical, power to modern regulatory power comprised of disciplinary regimes, systems of surveillance, and normalizing tactics provides the ...
Susan Hekman, 2010
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The Last Resort: Spa Therapy and the Docile Body in ...
The interplay between scientific discovery and business enterprise produced a climate in which the Victorian health resort flourished.
Lynne Prunskus, 2006
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Report
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Pennsylvania State College, 1919
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Report
DESCRIPTION OF LOT III. No. 64. Rangy, narrow, thin flesh, poor condition, not shed, docile, slightly rough. No. 50. Low set, blocky, deficient in hind quarter, good front quarter and chest, shedding well, docile thick fleshed, good condition. No.
Pennsylvania State University, 1916
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Foucault and the Government of Disability
LICIA. CARLSON. Docile. Bodies,. Docile. Minds. Foucauldian. Re›ections. on. Mental. Retardation. Traditionally,. philosophical discourse about mental retardation has focused on moral issues surrounding the “mentally retarded,” including ...
Shelley Lynn Tremain, 2005
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Lady Mary Wortley Montagu: Romance Writings
These two paragraphs, in a scribal hand, with corrections by MWM, H MS 80, fo. 294, seem to be an alternative opening to 'Docile II' (p. 145 above). The Unhappy Docile Walked on, given up to Reflections from which she could find no escape.
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Lady Isobel Grundy, 1996

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DOCILE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term docile is used in the context of the following news items.
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Docile Cardiff pitch sees Johnson toil
A slow pitch negated Australia's pace attack on day one of the Ashes opener in Cardiff in what could be a common sight throughout the series. «SBS, Jul 15»
2
Wild, rough or docile; handle them right
Genetic selection and heavy culling has made most cow herds in this part of country pretty docile. Even though we have smartened up and ... «Agri-View, Jul 15»
3
Shark Week: Sharks you can find in Massachusetts waters
... near Plymouth Harbor and Duxbury Bay. They are two to four feet long and are a fairly docile shark found in the mid-Atlantic, LaCasse said. «MassLive.com, Jul 15»
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Swimming snake spotted in lake
“They're more docile than I expected them to be. They were a little slower. You could just walk up to them and catch them,” Neumann said, ... «Glens Falls Post-Star, Jul 15»
5
Caitlin FitzGerald Talks 'Masters of Sex,' Feminism and Fifties Fashion
FitzGerald plays the doctor's docile wife, focused solely on conceiving. Libby's arc over the first two seasons has been dramatic. By FitzGerald's ... «WWD, Jul 15»
6
"These women do not need to be saved, they need to be heard"
Reticker: Lots of people in the Western world have this image of Arab women as docile and oppressed. Obviously it is dangerous to make ... «Qantara.de, Jul 15»
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Column: Silent Cal Returns, as a Racing President Mascot
“He was a docile president, there is some truth to that. But part of it was a political strategy,” Denhart said. “When you talked a lot, people had a ... «Valley News, Jul 15»
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TEA - ENGLAND 190-3 (G Ballance 59no, J Root 93no)
The pitch does look docile but aerial conditions have been helpful to all the Baggy Green quicks even if only Josh Hazelwood and Mitchell ... «Racing Post, Jul 15»
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Bee buzz: Help fight colony collapse
Neighbors aren't always happy with the threat of massing bees, often confusing docile honeybees and bumblebees with aggressive wasps and ... «Cherry Hill Courier Post, Jul 15»
10
Ashes delayed by rain, pomp
Starc was replaced by Mitchell Johnson after two overs, with his namesake extracting more bounce from the docile wicket. But it was clear ... «ninemsn, Jul 15»

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