mousiness

noun

Definition of mousinessnext
as in resignedness

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  1. deference
  2. acquiescence
  3. diffidence
  4. submission
  5. compliance
  6. passivity
Noun
  • Trump responded positively to this display of deference, but no meeting occurred.
    Bilahari Kausikan, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
  • As if in deference to the gravitas of her themes, Carlson is rarely acclaimed for her sense of humor.
    Jeremy Lybarger, ARTnews.com, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of deference
Noun
  • Such acquiescence was the best possible public response from the Kremlin’s point of view.
    Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 27 Sep. 2022
  • The intrusion and lack of privacy are not being met with acquiescence; employees are outraged and calling for boundaries around what ‘Big Brother’ can use against them.
    Melissa A. Wheeler, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2024
Definition of acquiescence
Noun
  • Between the sticks - Bayern seem reluctant to retire Neuer but this diffidence is helping no one.
    Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
  • At its best, the uncomfortably intimate aesthetic of the films combined with the general diffidence at their heart attempted to epitomize a generational temperament and linguistic sensibility.
    Vikram Murthi, IndieWire, 14 Aug. 2024
Definition of diffidence
Noun
  • The juried categories include the FIPRESCI Prize for films in the international feature film Oscar submissions program, the best documentary award and the New Voices New Visions Award, among others.
    Beatrice Verhoeven, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Jan. 2025
  • Luminate, the independent data provider to the Billboard charts, completes a thorough review of all data submissions used in compiling the weekly chart rankings.
    Keith Caulfield, Billboard, 12 Jan. 2025
Definition of submission
Noun
  • The case stems from when a Braintree tobacco and compliance inspection officer conducted a routine check at the Cumby’s on Washington Street in April of 2023.
    Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 15 Jan. 2025
  • For businesses, this means investing in transparency and compliance—challenges that could ultimately yield competitive advantages.
    Aaron Mendes, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
Definition of compliance
Noun
  • Yet the West, once so eager to champion Georgia’s struggling democracy, has retreated into passivity.
    Christian Caryl, Foreign Affairs, 26 Dec. 2024
  • There is a passivity that strikes through Villa at times away from home.
    Jacob Tanswell, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
Definition of passivity
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