kalokagathian.
/ˌkalə(ʊ)kəˈɡaθɪə//ˌkeɪlə(ʊ)kəˈɡaθɪə/ Nobility and goodness of character.
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society > morality > virtue > morally elevated quality > [noun] > high-mindedness or magnanimity
high-mindedness1571
handsomeness1577
noble-mindedness1583
generousness1593
ingenuity1598
magnanimity1598
magnanimousness1606
ingenuousness1611
megalopsychy1656
generosity1783
high thinking1807
greatheartedness1813
kalokagathia1921
megalopsychia1962
1921 tr. W. Rathenau New Society x. 102 The Greeks..adopted as their highest law..that impulse of the will which they called Kalokagathia.
1930 N. Mitchison in Time & Tide 14 June 773/1 The formal kalokagathia of that incredible time.
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