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indocility

Meaning of "indocility" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF INDOCILITY

ˌɪndəʊˈsɪlɪtɪ


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INDOCILITY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Indocility 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 INDOCILITY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of indocility in the English dictionary

The definition of indocility in the dictionary is the fact or state of being difficult to discipline or instruct.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH INDOCILITY

ability · accessibility · availability · capability · docility · exility · facility · fissility · gracility · imbecility · liability · nobility · pensility · possibility · prehensility · responsibility · sessility · stability · tensility · utility

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INDOCILITY

indocile · indoctrinate · indoctrination · indoctrinator · indol · indole · indoleacetic acid · indolebutyric acid · indolence · indolency · indolent · indolently · Indologist · Indology · indometacin · indomethacin · indomitability · indomitable · indomitableness · indomitably

WORDS THAT END LIKE INDOCILITY

accountability · affordability · agility · credibility · disability · durability · eligibility · feasibility · fertility · flexibility · functionality · hostility · humility · inability · inevitability · mobility · probability · reliability · suitability · sustainability · visibility

Synonyms and antonyms of indocility in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «indocility» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF INDOCILITY

Find out the translation of indocility to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of indocility from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «indocility» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

indocility
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

indocilidad
570 millions of speakers
en

English

indocility
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

indocility
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

indocility
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

indocility
278 millions of speakers
pt

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indocility
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

বেয়াড়াপনা
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

indocilité
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Indokabel
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

indocility
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

indocility
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

indocility
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Indocility
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

indocility
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

indocility
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

प्रामाणिकपणा
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

inatçılık
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

indocilità
65 millions of speakers
pl

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indocility
50 millions of speakers
uk

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indocility
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

indocility
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

indocility
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

indocility
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

indocility
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

indocility
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of indocility

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INDOCILITY»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of indocility
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about indocility

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INDOCILITY»

Discover the use of indocility in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to indocility and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Catholics and Contraception: An American History
2. A. Certain. Indocility. Obstacles. to. Reform,. 1919-1930. Late in 1928, the Sulpician priest Joseph Nevins, who taught at the Catholic University of America, published for his clerical brethren what proved to be an influential article.
Leslie Woodcock Tentler, 2004
2
A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous Or Parallel ...
Incommensurable. Indocibility, n. Unteachableness, in- docibleness, indocility. Indocible, a. Unteachable, indocile. Indocibleness, n. Indocility. Indocile, a. 1. Unteachable, dull. 3. Untractable, stubborn, perverse, unruly, headstrong, refractory, ...
Richard Soule, 1871
3
Mr. Thelwall's Reply to the Calumnies, Misrepresentations, ...
This indocility, 1 which we do not pretend to dissemble, was considerably assisted ly the ' novelty of the jargon,' &c. To dissemble indocility; and indocility assisted by novelty, are, themselves, such novelties, as will not fail to command ...
John Thelwell, 1804
4
Spiritual Exercises Based on Paul's Epistle to the Romans
19.5 Indeed, God's sovereign freedom can even use indocility to his purpose. To make a further point in his discussion, Paul adds two further examples that he draws from the Old Testament. The first example of such freedom is taken from the ...
Joseph A. Fitzmyer, 2004
5
A Dictionary of the Bengalee Language, in which the words ...
(from '61, priv. and (film's. dependent), independent, untamed. . 373313331, .5. ( from indepcnd; mt), independence, indocility. 513I1T3§, s. (from G'Fflfi'g, independent), independence,-indocility. SIFHZflH, a. (from GT, {Wit}. and Sljgfhqrlalmur), ...
William CAREY (Baptist Missionary.), 1815
6
The Edinburgh Review, Or Critical Journal
There is something, . first sight, very unaccountable in this obstinate indocility of these people. Nations seem formerly to have caught civilization by contact, and to have started forward in the career of improvement, upon the slightest impulse or ...
‎1803
7
The illustrated Gaelic dictionary
«L Haggard. Б (MS) Szraggy. Б lnflocile. 7**Stiiï.. питаем, мам. Indocility. 2Turbulence. З Untractableuess. тщись. nich, -uicheam с. f. Mangled carnose. 2H Зайду moraes. 3 (GR) Land that cannot be cultivated. банд-311611]. see rènsg-shńil.
E. Dwelly
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The Wesleyan-Methodist Magazine
J°* makes frequent allusions to his great strength and ferocityi w» indocility*. He asks, 1 Will the Reem stable and eat at thy manger?' And again, 'Canst thou bind the Reem with a banding furrow, and will he harrow the vallies after thee?
‎1812
9
T. S. Eliot: The Contemporary Reviews
And as irreverence and indocility are qualities of this decade, so are they of this decade's poets. The platoons of poets “going through the motions” of verse in unison at the word of some invisible commander are superannuated for ever.
Jewel Spears Brooker, 2004
10
Edinburgh Review, Or, Critical Journal
There is something, at first sight, very unaccountable in this obstinate indocility of these people. Nations seem formerly to have caught civilization by contact, and to have started forward in the career of improvement, upon the slightest impulse ...
‎1814

4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INDOCILITY»

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1
Youth in the Lead
The indocility of young people in high schools, for example, provokes tensions and hardening of positions around school discipline and ... «Huffington Post, Feb 15»
2
Editorial: Support feminism: Women's rights are human rights
"The five worst infirmities that afflict the female are indocility, discontent, slander, jealousy, and silliness... Such is the stupidity of woman's ... «Iowa State Daily, Sep 14»
3
Does al-Qaeda Control Its Affiliates?
Another revelation demonstrating indocility towards the original al-Qaeda derives from Somalia and Kenya, where al- Shabab “acting on the ... «Foreign Policy Journal, Apr 14»
4
The Good Old Days?
The Congress that returns later this month may seem the very figure of indocility and dysfunction, but we've witnessed this kind of partisan ... «National Journal, Jan 12»
REFERENCE
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