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PRONUNCIATION OF INDULGENCY

indulgency  [ɪnˈdʌldʒənsɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INDULGENCY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Indulgency 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 INDULGENCY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of indulgency in the English dictionary

The definition of indulgency in the dictionary is indulgence.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH INDULGENCY


agency
ˈeɪdʒənsɪ
astringency
əˈstrɪndʒənsɪ
cogency
ˈkəʊdʒənsɪ
contingency
kənˈtɪndʒənsɪ
counterinsurgency
ˌkaʊntərɪnˈsɜːdʒənsɪ
currency
ˈkʌrənsɪ
detergency
dɪˈtɜːdʒənsɪ
efficiency
ɪˈfɪʃənsɪ
emergency
ɪˈmɜːdʒənsɪ
frequency
ˈfriːkwənsɪ
fulgency
ˈfʌldʒənsɪ
insurgency
ɪnˈsɜːdʒənsɪ
interagency
ˌɪntərˈeɪdʒənsɪ
nonemergency
ˌnɒnɪˈmɜːdʒənsɪ
potency
ˈpəʊtənsɪ
pungency
ˈpʌndʒənsɪ
refulgency
rɪˈfʌldʒənsɪ
regency
ˈriːdʒənsɪ
stringency
ˈstrɪndʒənsɪ
urgency
ˈɜːdʒənsɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INDULGENCY

inductive
inductively
inductiveness
inductivity
inductor
inductor compass
indue
induing
indulge
indulgence
indulgent
indulgently
indulger
indulgingly
indulin
induline
indult
indumenta
indumentum
induna

WORDS THAT END LIKE INDULGENCY

ad agency
advertising agency
aid agency
consistency
credit agency
employment agency
Environment Agency
Environmental Protection Agency
estate agency
European Space Agency
Food Standards Agency
intelligence agency
law enforcement agency
literary agency
news agency
recruitment agency
relief agency
state of emergency
the point of tangency
the Regency
travel agency

Synonyms and antonyms of indulgency in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «indulgency» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF INDULGENCY

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

Translator English - Chinese

indulgency
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

indulgencia
570 millions of speakers

English

indulgency
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

indulgency
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

indulgency
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

indulgency
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

indulgência
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

indulgency
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

indulgence
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Indulgensi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

indulgency
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

indulgency
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

indulgency
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Indulgency
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

indulgency
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

indulgency
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हितकरकता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

indulgency
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

indulgency
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

indulgency
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

indulgency
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

indulgență
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

indulgency
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

geveg nie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

indulgency
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

indulgency
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of indulgency

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INDULGENCY»

The term «indulgency» is barely ever used and occupies the 195.142 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «INDULGENCY» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INDULGENCY»

Discover the use of indulgency in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to indulgency and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Scientific Management, Socialist Discipline, and Soviet Power
The Indulgency Pattern In his study of industrial management Alvin Gouldner identified what he called "the indulgency pattern," under which an aging supervisor, "Old Doug," had grown excessively lenient in his advancing years. Indulgency ...
Mark R. Beissinger, 1988
2
Understanding Business: Organisations
This 'structure' of informal implicit rules was described by Gouldner as an ' indulgency pattern' insofar as an informal pattern of management-worker relations existed and a pattern of harmony and peace characterised the operation of the ...
Graeme Salaman, 2001
3
Forced Choices: Class, Community, and Worker Ownership
This normative code resembles the "indulgency pattern" characterizing labor- management relations of a gypsum mine studied by Alvin Gouldner in Patterns of Industrial Bureaucracy? There, a pattern of traditional norms governing workplace ...
Charles S. Varano, 1999
4
Education Under Siege: A Sociological Study of Private Colleges
The second could be termed as "indulgency" relationship, in which the employers (managers) do not demand of the employees (teachers) adherence to University stipulations of a minimum of class-room/laboratory work, qualification ...
Nirmal Singh, 1983
5
Introduction to Human Resource Management
Collective responses, in the form of strikes and other expressions of industrial conflict, can be triggered by a sense of injustice and disproportionality or changes in what Alvin Gouldner (1954) called 'patterns of indulgency'. I“ ' KEY CONCEPT ...
Paul Banfield, Rebecca Kay, 2012
6
Strikes and Solidarity: Coalfield Conflict in Britain, 1889-1966
However, the "indulgency pattern' was not without its problems. It was recognized by workers to have only a dubious legitimacy; this brought an instability into industrial relations, made it difficult to use formal methods of grievance resolution if ...
Roy Church, 2002
7
Japanese Blue Collar: The Changing Tradition
The pattern described here is strikingly similar to that described by Gouldner as a move from the indulgency pattern to a punishment-centered bureaucracy. Both managers saw the indulgency patterns at their plants as having to be uprooted if  ...
Robert E. Cole, 1971
8
The Penitentiary in Crisis: From Accommodation to Riot in ...
An indulgency pattern emerges in the prison in response to structural limitations of formal control mechanisms. As Sykes (1958: 52) explains, "the prisoner is already suffering from most of the punishments permitted by society, [thus] the threat ...
Mark Colvin, 1992
9
The Militant Worker: Class and Radicalism in France and America
Before the Depression of the 1930s informal organisation was salient in his Midwestern gypsum plant; and workers benefited from an 'indulgency pattern' regarding punctuality, talking to workmates and the use of company products in the ...
Scott Lash, 1984
10
Organizing the Organized: Trade Union Renewal, ...
Gouldner analyzed in detail what he called the "indulgency pattern" in relations between management and workers. Workers expected management to display " leniency" beyond their legal rights. Workers' expectations included: absence of ...
Laura Ariovich, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INDULGENCY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term indulgency is used in the context of the following news items.
1
PAULO COELHO: Ode to Castaneda through a famous story of his
Denying is indulgency. It makes us believe that we are doing great things, when in truth we are just absorbed in ourselves. Willpower is a ... «Daily Mail, Apr 15»
2
Bedroom Design Trends for 2015
Dark and intense shades evoke sense of indulgency and class. Using these colours is quite the commitment, especially when painting the ... «Examiner.com, Mar 15»
3
Armine Adibekyan: Azerbaijan does not look for justice in Aghdam …
But Armenia and the Armenians are already considered as a culprit without trial or investigation. They need not the true, but the indulgency. «Panorama.am, Feb 15»
4
The historicity of the Mount Sinai covenant
In consequence of the revelation, he asked, in advance, for Mahomet's indulgency in favor of the Christian community and certain privileges for ... «MuslimVillage.com, Feb 15»
5
Band Scene: Indie LAgone not afraid to keep evolving
Least favorite genre of music: Soloists. Self-indulgency is exhausting. When will that solo end?-- When his ego runs out. Who should be fired ... «Knoxville News Sentinel, Feb 15»
6
In Dresden, PEGIDA meets opposition
... PEGIDA complains about; unfair treatment of itself and imagined over-indulgency towards "foreigners". But while PEGIDA toughies physically ... «People's World, Jan 15»
7
RPA, ARF gather in parliament to condemn violence, regret absence …
“This is done merely to provide indulgency to the group of people and political forces standing behind the violence,” he said. Naira Zohrabyan ... «ArmeniaNow.com, Dec 14»
8
BoC hints at mortgage tightening
... CAAMP and IMBA when it comes to representing us to the Government Agencies who seem to be ignoring rampant credit card indulgency! «Canadian Mortgage Broker News, Sep 14»
9
REVIEW: Steaking a different approach at SA-HA
Chocolate sundae comprised of velvety brownie pieces topped with cream and sprinkles, pure indulgency for the chocoholic, sickly to anyone ... «Sheffield Telegraph, Jul 14»
10
Magnum offering fans a rewarding way of ice-cream customization
Consumers are invited to create their own versions of a sweet indulgency in the form of an ice cream, and then share them on Facebook for a ... «Popsop.com, Jul 14»

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