单词 | accommodativeness |
释义 | accommodativenessn. The quality of being accommodative; adaptability, pliableness; tendency to give or show accommodation. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > adaptability to circumstances > [noun] accommodableness1663 adaptation1787 accommodativeness1834 appliancy1836 adaptivity1840 adaptativeness1841 adaptiveness1863 adjustment1881 the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > [noun] > considerateness metheOE consideration1415 officiosity1565 officiousness1596 considerateness1748 thoughtfulness1813 accommodativeness1834 the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > [noun] > obligingness or complaisance > as quality or disposition accommodation1632 compliance1667 accommodativeness1834 1834 Amer. Monthly Mag. May 154 It could only be the creature—not of general equality in the people—but of a general passion for equality—of a time of increasing accommodativeness in the popular spirit. 1860 Times 4 July 10/2 Mere accommodativeness to the irresistible tide of events. 1915 Jrnl. Afr. Soc. 14 238 It is always difficult to compare the business methods of different people, because such qualities as push, enterprise, accommodativeness, and attention to detail are rather individual than national. 1976 T. S. Lebra Japanese Patterns of Behavior x. 185 We noted body preoccupation, the social significance of sickness and death, the cultural accommodativeness to bodily desires and needs, and body contact. 2002 Japan Times (Nexis) 6 Nov. The surviving sculptural legacies of both Mathura and Gandhara intuitively express the astounding accommodativeness of Buddhism. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1834 |
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