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ɪnoun, plural -ties.
1.
boldness or daring, especially with confident or arrogant disregard for personal safety, conventional thought, or other restrictions.
2.
effrontery or insolence; shameless boldness: His questioner's audacity shocked the lecturer.
3.
Usually, audacities. audacious acts or statements.
Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English audacite < Latin audāc-, stem of audāx daring (adj.) + -ite -ity
1400–50; late Middle English audacite < Latin audāc-, stem of audāx daring (adj.) + -ite -ity
Synonyms
1. nerve, spunk, grit, temerity, foolhardiness. 2. impudence, impertinence, brashness.
1. nerve, spunk, grit, temerity, foolhardiness. 2. impudence, impertinence, brashness.
Antonyms
1, 2. discretion, prudence.
1, 2. discretion, prudence.
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Example Sentences
- One is a hybrid of passion and oligarchy, audacity and caution, intelligence and populism.
- To have the audacity to make these conclusions with the paucity of data is what is wrong with traditional medicine.
- The audacity seems symptomatic for corporations that size.
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Word Origin & History
audacity
mid-15c., from M.L. audacitas "boldness," from L. audacis gen. of audax "brave," but more often "bold" in a bad sense, from audere "to dare, be bold."
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