humility

n.谦虚

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
humility (noun)
the quality or state of being humble
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
humility (noun)
the absence of any feelings of being better than others
SYNONYMS:
demureness, down-to-earthness, humbleness, lowliness, meekness, modesty
RELATED WORDS:
acquiescence, compliance, deference, passivity, resignedness, submission, submissiveness; ingenuousness, naïveté ( naivete naiveté); directness, plainness, simpleness; bashfulness, diffidence, mousiness, quietness, reserve, reservedness, retiringness, sheepishness, shyness, timidity, timidness
NEAR ANTONYMS:
aggressiveness, assertiveness; attitude, audaciousness, boldness, brashness, brassiness, cheek, cheekiness, cockiness, cocksureness, forwardness, overconfidence, swagger, swash, temerity; impertinence, impudence, insolence, nerve, sauciness; boastfulness, chest-thumping, self-applause, self-assumption, self-centeredness, self-complacency, self-conceit, self-glorification, self-importance, self-opinion, self-partiality, self-satisfaction, vaingloriousness, vanity; condescension, disdain, scorn; flamboyance, ostentation, ostentatiousness, showiness
arrogance, assumption, bumptiousness, conceit, egoism, egotism, haughtiness, hauteur, huffiness, imperiousness, loftiness, lordliness, peremptoriness, pomposity, pompousness, presumptuousness, pretense ( pretence), pretension, pretentiousness, pride, pridefulness, superciliousness, superiority, toploftiness
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