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Definitions for impudence
ˈɪm pyə dənsim·pu·dence

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. impudence, cheek, impertinencenoun

    an impudent statement

  2. crust, gall, impertinence, impudence, insolence, cheekiness, freshnessnoun

    the trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties

Wiktionary

  1. impudencenoun

    The quality of being impudent, not showing due respect.

  2. impudencenoun

    Impudent language, conduct or behavior.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Impudence, Impudencynoun

    Shamelessness; immodesty.

    Etymology: impudence, Fr. impudentia, Lat.

    I ne'er heard yet
    That any of these bolder vices wanted
    Less impudence to gainsay what they did,
    Than to perform it first. William Shakespeare, Winter's Tale.

    Nor did Noah's open infirmity justify Cham's impudency, or exempt him from that curse of being servant of servants. Charles I .

    Those clear truths, that either their own evidence forces us us to admit, or common experience makes it impudence to deny. John Locke.

Wikipedia

  1. impudence

    Rudeness (also called effrontery) is a display of actual or perceived disrespect by not complying with the social norms or etiquette of a group or culture. These norms have been established as the essential boundaries of normally accepted behavior. To be unable or unwilling to align one's behavior with these norms known to the general population of what is socially acceptable is to be rude and are enforced as though they were a sort of social law, with social repercussions or rewards for violators or advocates, respectively. Rudeness, "constituted by deviation from whatever counts as politic in a given social context, is inherently confrontational and disruptive to social equilibrium". Rudeness, particularly with respect to speech, is necessarily confrontational at its core. Forms of rudeness include acting inconsiderate, insensitive, deliberately offensive, impolite, obscenity, profanity and violating taboos such as deviancy. In some cases, an act of rudeness can go so far as to be a crime, for example, the crime of hate speech.

ChatGPT

  1. impudence

    Impudence is the quality of being boldly disrespectful or insolent, often involving rudeness, arrogance, or a lack of respect towards authority or conventions.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Impudencenoun

    the quality of being impudent; assurance, accompanied with a disregard of the presence or opinions of others; shamelessness; forwardness; want of modesty

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of impudence in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of impudence in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of impudence in a Sentence

  1. Bernard Mandeville:

    Because impudence is a vice, it does not follow that modesty is a virtue; it is built upon shame, a passion in our nature, and may be either good or bad according to the actions performed from that motive.

  2. Johann Kaspar Lavater:

    I am prejudiced in favor of him who, without impudence, can ask boldly. He has faith in humanity, and faith in himself. No one who is not accustomed to giving grandly can ask nobly and with boldness.

  3. Menander:

    The man who cannot blush, and who has no feelings of fear, has reached the acme of impudence.

  4. Ralph Waldo Emerson:

    The imbecility of men is always inviting the impudence of power.

  5. Aleister Crowley:

    It sometimes strikes me that the whole of science is a piece of impudence; that nature can afford to ignore our impertinent interference. If our monkey mischief should ever reach the point of blowing up the earth by decomposing an atom, and even annihilated the sun himself, I cannot really suppose that the universe would turn a hair.

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