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BONHOMIE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A disposition to be friendly and approachable (easy to talk to)
Synonyms:
affability; affableness; amiability; amiableness; bonhomie; geniality
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("bonhomie" is a kind of...):
friendliness (a friendly disposition)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bonhomie"):
condescendingness; condescension (affability to your inferiors and temporary disregard for differences of position or rank)
mellowness (geniality, as through the effects of alcohol or marijuana)
sweetness and light (a mild reasonableness)
