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sobriety

so·bri·e·ty
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [suh-brahy-i-tee, soh-]
    • /səˈbraɪ ɪ ti, soʊ-/
    • /səˈbraɪ.ɪ.ti/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [suh-brahy-i-tee, soh-]
    • /səˈbraɪ ɪ ti, soʊ-/

Definitions of sobriety word

  • noun sobriety the state or quality of being sober. 1
  • noun sobriety temperance or moderation, especially in the use of alcoholic beverages. 1
  • noun sobriety seriousness, gravity, or solemnity: an event marked by sobriety. 1
  • noun sobriety non-inebriated state 1
  • abbreviation SOBRIETY solemnity 1
  • uncountable noun sobriety Sobriety is the state of being sober rather than drunk. 0

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Origin of sobriety

First appearance:

before 1375
One of the 22% oldest English words
1375-1425; late Middle English sobrietie (< Old French sobriete) < Latin sōbrietās, equivalent to sōbri(us) sober + -etās, variant of -itās -ity after vowel stems

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Parts of speech for Sobriety

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

sobriety popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 80% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

sobriety usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for sobriety

noun sobriety

  • abstention — Abstention is a formal act of not voting either for or against a proposal.
  • abstinence — Abstinence is the practice of abstaining from something such as alcoholic drink or sex, often for health or religious reasons.
  • asceticism — Asceticism is a simple, strict way of life with no luxuries or physical pleasures.
  • atticism — the idiom or character of the Attic dialect of Ancient Greek, esp in the Hellenistic period
  • austerity — Austerity is a situation in which people's living standards are reduced because of economic difficulties.

Antonyms for sobriety

noun sobriety

  • aftereffect — The aftereffects of an event, experience, or substance are the conditions which result from it.
  • boozing — any alcoholic beverage; whiskey.
  • buffoonery — Buffoonery is foolish behaviour that makes you laugh.
  • dipsomania — an irresistible, typically periodic craving for alcoholic drink.
  • drunkenness — intoxicated; drunk.

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