noun
Meaning 1
the state of being good neighbors
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
good-neighborliness
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noun
Meaning 2
friendship and cooperation with, and noninterference in the internal affairs of another country
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
a disposition to be friendly and helpful to neighbors
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: neighborliness, neighbourliness, good-neighbourliness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: friendliness
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ghedh-der. Proto-Germanic *gadanąvṛd. Proto-Germanic *gōdaz Proto-West Germanic *gōd Old English gōd Middle English good English good English neighbor Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English good-neighborliness From good + neighbor + -ness.
Across languages
Translations
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Belarusian: добрасусе́дства (dobrasusjédstva) — state of good neighbors
- Georgian: კეთილმეზობლურობა (ḳetilmezobluroba) — state of good neighbors
- Polish: dobrosąsiedztwo — state of good neighbors
- Russian: добрососе́дство (dobrososédstvo) — state of good neighbors
- Swedish: grannsämja — state of good neighbors
- Ukrainian: добросусі́дство (dobrosusídstvo) — state of good neighbors