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I don't want to make pompous, serious films; I like films that have a kind of vivacity about them.
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Meaning of "vivacity" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF VIVACITY

vivacity  [vɪˈvæsɪtɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF VIVACITY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Vivacity 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 VIVACITY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of vivacity in the English dictionary

The definition of vivacity in the dictionary is the quality or condition of being vivacious. Other definition of vivacity is a vivacious act or expression.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH VIVACITY


audacity
ɔːˈdæsɪtɪ
capacity
kəˈpæsɪtɪ
city
ˈsɪtɪ
fugacity
fjuːˈɡæsɪtɪ
incapacity
ˌɪnkəˈpæsɪtɪ
inveracity
ˌɪnvəˈræsɪtɪ
loquacity
ləˈkwæsɪtɪ
mendacity
mɛnˈdæsɪtɪ
opacity
əʊˈpæsɪtɪ
overcapacity
ˌəʊvəkəˈpæsɪtɪ
perspicacity
ˌpɜːspɪˈkæsɪtɪ
pertinacity
ˌpɜːtɪˈnæsɪtɪ
pervicacity
ˌpɜːvɪˈkæsɪtɪ
pugnacity
pʌɡˈnæsɪtɪ
radiopacity
ˌreɪdɪəʊˈpæsɪtɪ
rapacity
rəˈpæsɪtɪ
sagacity
səˈɡæsɪtɪ
university
ˌjuːnɪˈvɜːsɪtɪ
veracity
vɛˈræsɪtɪ
voracity
vɒˈræsɪtɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE VIVACITY

viva
viva voce
vivace
vivacious
vivaciously
vivaciousness
vivacities
Vivaldi
vivamente
vivandier
vivaria
vivarium
vivat
vivda
vive
Vivekananda
vively
vivency
viver
viverra

WORDS THAT END LIKE VIVACITY

carrying capacity
contumacity
cubic capacity
cylinder capacity
disk capacity
electricity
excess capacity
feracity
heat capacity
industrial capacity
inefficacity
megacity
memory capacity
salacity
seating capacity
specific heat capacity
storage capacity
tenacity
unveracity
vital capacity
warehouse capacity

Synonyms and antonyms of vivacity in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «VIVACITY»

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

Translation of «vivacity» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF VIVACITY

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

Translator English - Chinese

活泼
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

vivacidad
570 millions of speakers

English

vivacity
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

जिंदादिली
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

حيوية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

бодрость
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

vivacidade
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

চপলতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

vivacité
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kesunyian
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Lebhaftigkeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

快活
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

생기
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Vivacity
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự lanh lẹ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சுறுசுறுப்பு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

उत्साही
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

canlılık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

vivacità
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

żywość
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

бадьорість
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

vivacitate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ζωντάνια
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sappig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

livlighet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

livlighet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of vivacity

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «VIVACITY»

The term «vivacity» is regularly used and occupies the 56.170 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «VIVACITY» OVER TIME

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

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4 QUOTES WITH «VIVACITY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word vivacity.
1
Danny Boyle
I don't want to make pompous, serious films; I like films that have a kind of vivacity about them.
2
Isaac D'Israeli
The delight of opening a new pursuit, or a new course of reading, imparts the vivacity and novelty of youth even to old age.
3
Nicolas Malebranche
I beg of you always to dwell upon the necessity of a thorough understanding of principles, in order to stop the vivacity of his mind, and please do not forget to meditate upon the subject of our discussion.
4
Daniel Woodrell
I always loved the verve and vivacity of pulp and I kind of merged it with my own interest in family stories.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «VIVACITY»

Discover the use of vivacity in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to vivacity and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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George Campbell: Rhetoric in the Age of Enlightenment
FIVE. Imagination,. "Resemblance,". and. Vivacity. In attempting to delineate Campbell's analysis of imaginative response, we are confronted with one of the unhappy implications of Campbell's prefatory statement that he regards POR as a  ...
Arthur E. Walzer, 2003
2
Death and Character: Further Reflections on Hume
on many other matters, such as whether the constantly supplied vivacity of new sense perceptions is used only in belief formation, and some other more innate vivacity reservoir supplies our prevailing passions with their vivacity. (This may ...
Annette Baier, 2008
3
Hume's Epistemology in the Treatise: A Veritistic Interpretation
Hume's argument for the proposal that a belief is a vivacious idea is that (apart from a variation in their objects) ideas vary in kind only by a variation in their degrees of vivacity; a belief is an idea, but not a mere conception or an impression ...
Frederick F. Schmitt, 2014
4
The Philosophy of Rhetoric
The orator must find ways to make ideas of imagination as strong and lively as sensations or ideas of memory, because ideas of imagination, when given the power or vivacity of sensible impressions or memories, will tend to compel attention, ...
George Campbell, Lloyd F. Bitzer, 1988
5
Hume's Theory of Moral Judgment: A Study in the Unity of A ...
The exact representation Hume speaks of cannot be construed in terms of vivacity. Although it is true that degrees of vivacity are resembling, the resemblance cannot be understood as an exact representation. What Hume has in mind is the ...
W. Brand, 2001
6
Peugeot Speedfight, Trekker (TKR) and Vivacity Service and ...
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Phil Mather, 2008
7
Dreaming by the Book
1 On 'Vivacity When we speak in everyday conversation about the imagination, we often attribute to it powers that are greater than ordinary sensation. But when we are asked to perform the concrete experiment of comparing an imagined ...
Elaine Scarry, 2001
8
The Elements of Reading and Oratory
Force to the verge of vociferation, especially if uniform, may be associated with dullness : vivacity, never ; and yet there may be great vivacity in speakers who have little force. I think I have observed numerous examples of this. But the most  ...
Henry Mandeville, 1845
9
Philosophy for A2: Unit 4: Philosophical Problems
Hume's account of belief in terms of vivacity explains this. Suppose I have an impression of the senses. My mind is immediately led to form the correlative idea, the 'copy'. Because of the close and immediate connection to a current impression, ...
Michael Lacewing, 2014
10
Reflection and the Stability of Belief: Essays on Descartes, ...
I turn to an inventory of the first three kinds of unphilosophical probability, discussed by Hume at pages 143–46.24 (i) The vivacity of perceptions of memory diminishes over time. Since belief always attends or accompanies memory (T 86) , the ...
Louis E. Loeb, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «VIVACITY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term vivacity is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Lose yourself in vivacity of 'The Celebration'
Cape Town -. This is how I imagine the requirements for a job at Madame Zingara's The Celebration goes: “You must have a perfect body. You must be prepared ... «Independent Online, Jul 15»
2
Vivacity in sponsorship boost for the area's young referees
Vivacity Culture & Leisure have become the first Sports Trust in the UK to sponsor a football referee development scheme in partnership with the Peterborough ... «Peterborough Telegraph, Jul 15»
3
UforChange hosts Vivacity fundraising event
Youth from Regent Park and the surrounding communities will showcase their creativity and talent at UforChange's 10th annual Vivacity fundraising event. «insideTORONTO.com, Jun 15»
4
Vivacity confirms no compulsory redundancies for Peterborough …
A spokesman for Vivacity, who confirmed popular library events such as Rhyme Time will continue, said: “There are always difficult times when you face funding ... «Peterborough Telegraph, Apr 15»
5
Vivacity respond over 'voluntary' Peterborough library job cuts
In response, Vivacity said: “The staff consultation with those affected is still ongoing and will conclude in the next week or so, at which time we will have a clearer ... «Peterborough Telegraph, Mar 15»
6
The vivacity of 'Dunk City'
FORT MYERS, Fla. – The signs are everywhere this Thursday night in Alico Arena. Florida Gulf Coast plays host to Lipscomb, a key conference game to get the ... «NCAA.com, Mar 15»
7
Culture trust Vivacity 'disappointed' as cuts are voted through
Vivacity chief executive Kevin Tighe has re-iterated feelings expressed in January when it was revealed that the trust was set to lose £750,000 a year as part of ... «Peterborough Telegraph, Mar 15»
8
Savory Vivacity of the Buena Vista Social Club
That said, Lost & Found delivers the goods with this recording all the sultry, savory vivacity that made the Buena Vista Social Club a world music standard. «World Music Central, Mar 15»
9
Yutaka Katayama: Businessman whose vivacity and innovative …
Yutaka Katayama, who has died at the age of 105, was president of Nissan Motor's US arm who built the Z sports car into a powerful global brand in the 1970s. «The Independent, Feb 15»
10
Vivacity warning £1.45m cuts threaten Peterborough's culture and …
The chief executive of Vivacity, which runs the the city's library, culture and sports services, is warning that cuts will be “signficant and far reaching.” ... «Peterborough Telegraph, Jan 15»

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