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A discourteous manner that ignores accepted social usage
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impoliteness
Word definitions for impoliteness in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Impolite \Im`po*lite"\, a. [L. impolitus unpolishied, pref. im- not + politus, p. p. of polire to polish, refine. See Polite .] Not polite; not of polished manners; wanting in good manners; discourteous; uncivil; rude. -- Im`po*lite"ly , adv. -- Im`po*lite"ness ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The state of being impolite; incivility; rudeness.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a discourteous manner that ignores accepted social usage [ant: politeness ]
Usage examples of impoliteness.
My self-esteem was so wounded by this, and by his impoliteness in not answering my letter, with which he could certainly find no fault, whatever his criticism of my translation might be, that I became the sworn enemy of the great Voltaire.
Quite sure, for otherwise he would be guilty of impoliteness, and my father would not do such a thing.
If he had been an ordinary Tarlan male, an artisan or a member of one of the noncelibate professions interrupted in similar circumstances, there would have been a verbal impoliteness, but certainly not violence.