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grav·i·tas    Audio Help   [grav-i-tahs, ‑tas] Pronunciation Key
–noun
seriousness or sobriety, as of conduct or speech.

[Origin: 1920–25; < L gravitās; see gravity]
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grav·i·tas    Audio Help   (grāv'ĭ-täs')  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. Substance; weightiness: a frivolous biography that lacks the gravitas of its subject.
  2. A serious or dignified demeanor: "Our national father figure needs gravitas, [but] he's pitched himself as the kid brother" (John Leo).


[Latin gravitās, heaviness, seriousness; see gravity.]

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gravitas

noun
formality in bearing and appearance; "he behaved with great dignity" [syn: dignity

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gravitas was Word of the Day on March 14, 2000.

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