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unobtrusiveness

NOUN

humility

Synonyms

STRONGEST

shyness

STRONG

abasement bashfulness demureness diffidence docility lowliness meekness mortification nonresistance obedience obsequiousness passiveness reserve resignation self-abasement self-abnegation servility sheepishness subjection submissiveness subservience timidity timorousness unpretentiousness

WEAK

fawning lack of pride

Antonyms

STRONG

boldness confidence

WEAK

arrogance assertiveness egoism pretentiousness pride self-importance

NOUN

lowliness

Synonyms

STRONG

bashfulness celibacy chastity constraint coyness decency delicacy demureness diffidence discreetness humbleness humility inhibition innocence meekness propriety prudery purity quietness reserve reticence self-effacement simplicity timidity unpretentiousness virtue

WEAK

lack of pretension unostentatiousness

Antonyms

STRONG

boldness confidence evil immorality impropriety impurity pride

NOUN

modesty

Synonyms

STRONGEST

decency humility propriety purity reticence simplicity virtue

STRONG

bashfulness celibacy chastity constraint coyness delicacy demureness diffidence discreetness humbleness inhibition innocence meekness prudery quietness reserve self-effacement timidity unpretentiousness

WEAK

lack of pretension unostentatiousness

Antonyms

STRONGEST

immorality impropriety

STRONG

boldness confidence

WEAK

arrogance braveness conceit courage ego pride self-confidence

NOUN

self-effacement

Synonyms

STRONG

bashfulness celibacy chastity constraint coyness decency delicacy demureness diffidence discreetness humbleness humility inhibition innocence meekness propriety prudery purity quietness reserve reticence simplicity timidity unpretentiousness virtue

WEAK

lack of pretension unostentatiousness

Antonyms

STRONG

boldness confidence evil immorality impropriety impurity pride

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Unobtrusiveness is one of the reasons the Wallenbergs have been able to hold on to their empire in socialist Sweden.

From Time Magazine Archive