Meanings
noundocility (usually uncountable, plural docilities)
plural docilities
- uncountableusuallyThe quality of being docile.
Couldn't docility from totalitarian indoctrination be a human shortcoming?
Synonyms: docileness, lethargic, placidity
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe quality of being docile.
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*deḱ-
- Proto-Indo-European*doḱ-éye-ti
- Proto-Italic*dokejō
- Proto-Italic*dokeō
- Ancient Greekδιδάσκω (didáskō)
- Latindoceō
- Latindocilis
- Latindocilitas
- Middle Frenchdocilité
- Englishdocility
From Middle French docilité, from Latin docilitas.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan docilitat
- docilitatthe quality of being docile
French docilité
- docilitéthe quality of being docile
German Gelehrigkeit
- Gelehrigkeitthe quality of being docile
Italian docilità
- docilitàthe quality of being docile
Japanese 従順
- 従順 (jūjun)the quality of being docile
Latin docilitas
- docilitasthe quality of being docile
Portuguese docilidade
- docilidadethe quality of being docile
Romanian docilitate
- docilitatethe quality of being docile
Spanish docilidad
- docilidadthe quality of being docile
Swedish foglighet
- foglighetthe quality of being docile
Turkish uysallık, yumuşak başlılık
- uysallıkthe quality of being docile
- yumuşak başlılıkthe quality of being docile
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APA
docility. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/docility
MLA
“docility.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/docility. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “docility,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/docility.
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