docility

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docility

noun docilities

  1. uncountable, usually The quality of being docile. Couldn't docility from totalitarian indoctrination be a human shortcoming?

    Similar: docileness, lethargic, placidity

Opposite: rebelliousness

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noun

Opposite: rebelliousness

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noun the quality of being docile

Españoldocilidad
日本語従順 jūjun
Portuguêsdocilidade
Françaisdocilité
DeutschGelehrigkeit
Italianodocilità
Românădocilitate

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@misc{docility_2026,
  title = {docility},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/docility},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}