good breeding or refinement.

affected or pretentious politeness or elegance.

the status of belonging to polite society.

members of polite society collectively.

noun

coarseness , crudeness , roughness , rusticity

noun

aristocracy , blue blood , civility , courtesy , courtliness , culture , decorum , elegance , elite , etiquette , flower * , formality , gentle birth , gentlefolk , gentry , good breeding , good family , good manners , high birth , mannerliness , nobility , optimacy , polish , politeness , propriety , quality , rank , refinement , respectability , ruling class , society , upper class , upper crust , urbanity , courteousness , genteelness , politesse , crme de la crme , flower , patriciate , who\'s who