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🔊 Vowel-like quality 🗣️ Willingness to speak 🎤 Voice quality
vocality

vocality

7.4
Being willing to speak openly and share opinions
  • noun
  • /voʊˈkælɪti/
translation icon : franqueza
  • The artist's vocality in expressing her views on social issues impressed the audience.

Examples

  • Her vocality during the debate inspired many students to share their thoughts.

  • And yet his increasing vocality expresses most clearly the meaninglessness of so many unheard words.

    Academic text (1997)

  • His vocality about the need for change encouraged others to join the discussion.

Synonyms

assertiveness
vsvocality
8 4.6

The quality of being confident and direct when saying what you think or want

is about willingness to speak out rather than confident directness
frankness
vsvocality
7 3.5

Open and honest talk that says exactly what you think

is about willingness to speak out rather than focusing on honesty
forthrightness
vsvocality
3 6.6

A way of speaking that is honest and direct

is about willingness to speak out rather than pure honesty
outspokenness
vsvocality
2 6.3

Saying your thoughts and feelings freely, often in a direct way

is willing to speak out openly but not necessarily blunt
candidness
vsvocality
1 5.1

An honest and open way of speaking or acting

is about readiness to speak out rather than just truthfulness
parrhesia
vsvocality
  • Jargon
1 9.9

Speaking openly and boldly when it risks angering people in charge

is willingness to speak out without implying personal risk or rebellion

Antonyms

silence
660 2.0

A period with no sound or speech

reticence
10 7.8

A feeling of not wanting to speak or share thoughts

quietness
7 1.0

A lack of noise or disturbance in a place

How Vocal

vocality
7.4
reticence
10 7.8
silence
660 2.0

Surface Forms

vocality singular
vocalities plural

Morphology

vocality = vocal (transparent) = vocal + ity

Standard nominalization of the adjective 'vocal' meaning 'outspoken'; the meaning 'state/quality of being vocal (outspoken)' is directly derived.

Etymology

Vocality comes from the old Latin root voc- meaning 'voice' or 'call', as in vocal and voice. So if someone shows vocality they are using their voice to speak up and share their opinions.