IMPOLITENESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does impoliteness mean? 

• IMPOLITENESS (noun)
  The noun IMPOLITENESS has 1 sense:

1. a discourteous manner that ignores accepted social usage

  Familiarity information: IMPOLITENESS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• IMPOLITENESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A discourteous manner that ignores accepted social usage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("impoliteness" is a kind of...):

discourtesy; rudeness (a manner that is rude and insulting)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "impoliteness"):

bad manners; ill-breeding (impoliteness resulting from ignorance)

crudeness; crudity; gaucheness (an impolite manner that is vulgar and lacking tact or refinement)

Antonym:

politeness (a courteous manner that respects accepted social usage)

Derivation:

impolite (not polite)