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Infelicity is an ill to which all acts are heir which have the general character of ritual or ceremonial, all conventional acts.
J. L. Austin

Meaning of "infelicity" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF INFELICITY

infelicity  [ˌɪnfɪˈlɪsɪtɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INFELICITY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Infelicity 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 INFELICITY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of infelicity in the English dictionary

The first definition of infelicity in the dictionary is the state or quality of being unhappy or unfortunate. Other definition of infelicity is an instance of bad luck or mischance; misfortune. Infelicity is also something, esp a remark or expression, that is inapt or inappropriate.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH INFELICITY


alcoholicity
ˌælkəhɒˈlɪsɪtɪ
apostolicity
əˌpɒstəˈlɪsɪtɪ
authenticity
ˌɔːθɛnˈtɪsɪtɪ
catholicity
ˌkæθəˈlɪsɪtɪ
complicity
kəmˈplɪsɪtɪ
cyclicity
sɪkˈlɪsɪtɪ
duplicity
djuːˈplɪsɪtɪ
electricity
ɪlɛkˈtrɪsɪtɪ
ethnicity
ɛθˈnɪsɪtɪ
felicity
fɪˈlɪsɪtɪ
helicity
hɪˈlɪsɪtɪ
hydrophilicity
ˌhaɪdrəʊfɪˈlɪsɪtɪ
implicity
ɪmˈplɪsɪtɪ
multiplicity
ˌmʌltɪˈplɪsɪtɪ
nucleophilicity
ˌnjuːklɪəʊfɪˈlɪsɪtɪ
publicity
pʌˈblɪsɪtɪ
quadruplicity
ˌkwɒdrʊˈplɪsɪtɪ
simplicity
sɪmˈplɪsɪtɪ
toxicity
tɒkˈsɪsɪtɪ
triplicity
trɪˈplɪsɪtɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INFELICITY

infectiveness
infectivity
infector
infecund
infecundity
infeft
infeftment
infelicities
infelicitous
infelicitously
infelt
infer
inferable
inferably
infere
inference
inferencing
inferential
inferential statistics
inferentially

WORDS THAT END LIKE INFELICITY

antigenicity
basicity
capacity
centricity
chronicity
concentricity
cytotoxicity
eccentricity
elasticity
historicity
hydroelectricity
hydrophobicity
modulus of elasticity
monotonicity
nephrotoxicity
periodicity
plasticity
static electricity
synchronicity
teratogenicity
viscoelasticity

Synonyms and antonyms of infelicity in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «INFELICITY»

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

Translation of «infelicity» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF INFELICITY

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

Translator English - Chinese

infelicity
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

infelicidad
570 millions of speakers

English

infelicity
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

infelicity
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

infelicity
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

infelicity
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

infelicity
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অশোভনতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

malheur
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Infelicity
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Unglücklichkeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

infelicity
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

infelicity
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Infelicity
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nổi khổ sở
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மகிழ்ச்சியற்ற நிலை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अस्पष्टपणा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tâlihsizlik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

infelicità
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

infelicity
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

infelicity
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

infelicity
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

δυστυχία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ongelukkige keuse
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

infelicity
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

infelicity
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of infelicity

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INFELICITY»

The term «infelicity» is normally little used and occupies the 130.786 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «INFELICITY» OVER TIME

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

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QUOTES WITH «INFELICITY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word infelicity.
1
J. L. Austin
Infelicity is an ill to which all acts are heir which have the general character of ritual or ceremonial, all conventional acts.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INFELICITY»

Discover the use of infelicity in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to infelicity and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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New Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence: JSAI 2006 ...
Finally, it is worth pointing out that the account of the FIC proposed in the present work illustrates a special kind of pragmatic infelicity, which can be opposed to “ contingent” pragmatic infelicity such as presupposition failure, violation of Gricean ...
Takashi Washio, Ken Satoh, Hideaki Takeda, 2007
2
Infelicity: Life, Loss, and the Fight for Happiness
A Guidebook to Grief.
J. L. Rouse, 2013
3
The salvation of all men strictly examined: and the endless ...
that death and infelicity are actually inflicted on men on account of their own fault or sin ; but holds, that the sentence of mortality and liableness to infelicity took place in consequence of Adam's sin only. So that according to this, the sense of ...
Jonathan Edwards, 1824
4
Limited Inc
Nor whether — once such a necessary possibility of infelicity is recognized — infelicity still constitutes an accident. What is a success when the possibility of infelicity [echec] continues to constitute its structure? The opposition success/ failure ...
Jacques Derrida, 1977
5
Political Theory and the Displacement of Politics
It means that performativity, as such, postulates a "necessary possibility" of infelicity, without which performatives lose the very characteristics that distinguish them from the constative utterances to which they are juxtaposed by Austin.
Bonnie Honig, 1993
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Indefinites and the Type of Sets
I have claimed that the existence or non-emptiness implicatures of quantificational noun phrases are too weak to account for the infelicity in there- insertion contexts. I now want to argue that, in fact, the same is true for existence presuppositions ...
Fred Landman, 2008
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The Consequences of Infelicity: The Effects of Unhappiness ...
In social and biological evolution, infelicity can operate as a driving motor to force change. In this essay, for life other than human, infelicity is equated with physical unfitness to compete for the resources of a specific niche.
Jorge R. Martínez, 1991
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How to Do Things with Words
(2) How complete is this classification of infelicity ? (3) Are these classes of infelicity mutually exclusive ? Let us take these questions in (that) order. (1) How widespread is infelicity? Well, it seems clear in the first place that, although it has  ...
John Langshaw Austin, J. O. Urmson, 1975
9
Pragmatics
If the grounds are feeble, all three kinds of utterance share the same kind of infelicity. Or, considering the C condition, requiring the appropriate feelings and intentions, one can see that just as promises require sincere intentions about future ...
Stephen C. Levinson, 1983
10
The Nonexistent
But then, whatever the infelicity of (66a) and (66b) might establish, it fails to establish that the the first conjuncts of (66a) and (66b) aren't uttered within the scope of a pretense. Second, consider the following: (74) (a) Zeus does not exist and the ...
Anthony Everett, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INFELICITY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term infelicity is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Does Jeb Bush Understand Economics?
... see growth rates into the future, so the idea of growth “as far as the eye can see” is the kind of clumsy infelicity that should raise an eyebrow. «Newsweek, Jul 15»
2
“It's Time That Writing Took Something Back From the Internet”
But this way, if I'm caught in an infelicity, or in an incorrect fact—or, again, if I'm caught repeating myself—it's your fault! GLK: So you license me ... «The New Republic, Jul 15»
3
Lloyds' high-interest bonds: bank admits to errors in terms and …
In written submissions filed with the court before the hearing, the bank had referred to a "drafting infelicity". But Mr Miles implied that any ... «Telegraph.co.uk, May 15»
4
Lloyds share price: Lender admits to errors in ECN terms and …
The newspaper also noted that in written submissions filed with the court prior to the hearing, the bank had referred to a 'drafting infelicity'. «iNVEZZ, May 15»
5
Mahabharata unbound: rewriting the world's longest poem
The very rare infelicity – Bhishma's name, for example, is glossed as “awesome”, a word for ever tainted by the Friends generation – only ... «New Statesman, May 15»
6
Carly Fiorina and the F-Word
After an unfortunate verbal infelicity, Mitt Romney was portrayed by the Obama campaign as somebody who got his jollies firing people. «Town Hall, May 15»
7
H&H Creation a Revelation
What has caused titters over the years about the libretto was the infelicity of the re-translation of the German back to English, with many ... «The Boston Musical Intelligencer, May 15»
8
Theater Review: Something Rotten! Feels Fresh
For every freshman infelicity (the rhymes sometimes miss by a mile) there are a dozen smart lyrical jokes, nicely set on tunes that do only as ... «Vulture, Apr 15»
9
Why one needs the other: 'Two' by Melissa Ann Pinney
... the joint,” she reveals, “but I will never be the person with the magnifying glass, inspecting every sentence for dust mites of fallacy of infelicity. «Washington Post, Apr 15»
10
The Greens are not a real party of the left – here's why
Left-wing thinkers here are conspicuous in their reciprocated contempt for and infelicity with both the popular media and public policy, while ... «The Conversation UK, Apr 15»

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