"magnanimity" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌmæɡnəˈnɪmɪti/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-magnanimity.wav Forms: magnanimities [plural]
Etymology: From Middle French magnanimité, from Old French [Term?], from Latin magnanimitās. Etymology templates: {{der|en|frm|magnanimité}} Middle French magnanimité, {{der|en|fro}} Old French [Term?], {{der|en|la|magnanimitās}} Latin magnanimitās Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} magnanimity (countable and uncountable, plural magnanimities)
  1. The quality of being magnanimous; greatness of mind; elevation or dignity of soul. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (The quality of being magnanimous; greatness of mind; elevation or dignity of soul): شهامَة (Arabic), magnanimitat [feminine] (Catalan), 寬宏大量 /宽宏大量 (kuānhóngdàliàng) (Chinese Mandarin), 大度 (dàdù) (Chinese Mandarin), velkodušnost (Czech), storsind [neuter] (Danish), højsind [neuter] (Danish), ædelmod [neuter] (Danish), ædelmodighed [common-gender] (Danish), grootmoedigheid [feminine] (Dutch), grandanimeco (Esperanto), magnanimité [feminine] (French), magnanimidade [feminine] (Galician), Großmut [masculine] (German), Großzügigkeit [feminine] (German), Seelengröße [feminine] (German), Großmütigkeit [feminine] (German), Großherzigkeit [feminine] (German), Edelmut [masculine] (German), μεγαλοψυχία (megalopsychía) [feminine] (Greek), nagylelkűség (Hungarian), grandanmeso (Ido), móraigeantacht [feminine] (Irish), mórintinn [feminine] (Irish), gart [literary, masculine] (Irish), magnanimità [feminine] (Italian), 寛大さ (kandai-sa) (alt: かんだいさ) (Japanese), 활달 (hwaldal) (alt: 豁達) (Korean), magnanimitas [feminine] (Latin), augstsirdība [feminine] (Latvian), велико́душност (velikódušnost) [feminine] (Macedonian), storsinnethet [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), høysinn [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), høymodighet [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), wielkoduszność [feminine] (Polish), wspaniałomyślność [feminine] (Polish), magnanimidade [feminine] (Portuguese), великоду́шие (velikodúšije) [neuter] (Russian), magnanimidad [feminine] (Spanish), generosidad [feminine] (Spanish), великоду́шність (velykodúšnistʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-magnanimity-en-noun-AapocL9o Disambiguation of 'The quality of being magnanimous; greatness of mind; elevation or dignity of soul': 88 12
  2. That quality or combination of qualities, in character, which enables one to encounter danger and trouble with tranquility and firmness, to disdain injustice, meanness and revenge, and to act and sacrifice for noble objectives. Tags: countable, uncountable
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: magnanimousness Related terms: magnanimous

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      "sense": "The quality of being magnanimous; greatness of mind; elevation or dignity of soul",
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      "sense": "The quality of being magnanimous; greatness of mind; elevation or dignity of soul",
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      "word": "móraigeantacht"
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "The quality of being magnanimous; greatness of mind; elevation or dignity of soul",
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "The quality of being magnanimous; greatness of mind; elevation or dignity of soul",
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      "word": "gart"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "The quality of being magnanimous; greatness of mind; elevation or dignity of soul",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "magnanimità"
    },
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      "alt": "かんだいさ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kandai-sa",
      "sense": "The quality of being magnanimous; greatness of mind; elevation or dignity of soul",
      "word": "寛大さ"
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      "alt": "豁達",
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      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "hwaldal",
      "sense": "The quality of being magnanimous; greatness of mind; elevation or dignity of soul",
      "word": "활달"
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      "sense": "The quality of being magnanimous; greatness of mind; elevation or dignity of soul",
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      "word": "magnanimitas"
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      "sense": "The quality of being magnanimous; greatness of mind; elevation or dignity of soul",
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      "word": "augstsirdība"
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      "roman": "velikódušnost",
      "sense": "The quality of being magnanimous; greatness of mind; elevation or dignity of soul",
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      "word": "велико́душност"
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      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "The quality of being magnanimous; greatness of mind; elevation or dignity of soul",
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      "word": "storsinnethet"
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      "sense": "The quality of being magnanimous; greatness of mind; elevation or dignity of soul",
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      "word": "høysinn"
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      "sense": "The quality of being magnanimous; greatness of mind; elevation or dignity of soul",
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      "sense": "The quality of being magnanimous; greatness of mind; elevation or dignity of soul",
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      "sense": "The quality of being magnanimous; greatness of mind; elevation or dignity of soul",
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "The quality of being magnanimous; greatness of mind; elevation or dignity of soul",
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      "word": "magnanimidade"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "velikodúšije",
      "sense": "The quality of being magnanimous; greatness of mind; elevation or dignity of soul",
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      "word": "великоду́шие"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "The quality of being magnanimous; greatness of mind; elevation or dignity of soul",
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      "word": "magnanimidad"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "The quality of being magnanimous; greatness of mind; elevation or dignity of soul",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "generosidad"
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    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "velykodúšnistʹ",
      "sense": "The quality of being magnanimous; greatness of mind; elevation or dignity of soul",
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      "word": "великоду́шність"
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