sequacity means quality or state of being sequacious. It carries an Arena rating of 1356, earned across 39 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, sequacity ranks #1,539 of 17,151 for The Improbable, #1,659 of 17,132 for Most Betrayed by Its Sound, #5,725 of 17,138 for Most Incisive Words, #6,773 of 17,131 for Scariest Words.
Why “sequacity” is a great word
SEQUACITY — [Noun] The quality of being intellectually servile; a passive, uncritical inclination to follow the opinions of others. From Latin sequācitās, from sequāx ("inclined to follow"), from sequī ("to follow"). Unlike obsequiousness, which is a fawning obedience to gain favor, or independence, its self-reliant opposite, sequacity is the quiet abdication of the mind's duty to question. It is the dull murmur of unanimous agreement in a boardroom, the weary adoption of a parent's politics, and the silent, collective pivot of a flock moving simply to avoid deciding for itself—the tragedy not of being forced, but of having ceased to exert the will to steer.
Etymology
From Latin sequācitās (whence -acity), from sequāx + -tās.
noun
- Quality or state of being sequacious.e.g.“a highly coloured substance , which has not the sequacity of saffron to spread in liquids and incorporate itself with them” — a. 1627, Francis Bacon, Thoughts on the Nature of Things:
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