noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ cardinal , great , important , real
▪ chief , primary
▪ heroic
▪ inherent
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There is, of course. no inherent ~ in moderation.
▪
The Slavophiles believed in the inherent ~ of the Russian people.
▪ old-fashioned , traditional
▪
He understands the traditional ~ of hard work.
▪ Christian , ethical , moral , theological
▪
the theological ~s of faith, hope and charity
▪ intellectual , political , social
▪ civic , public
▪
Machiavelli's idea of civic ~
▪ domestic
▪
She was seen as a paragon of domestic ~.
▪ personal ( esp. AmE ), private
▪ human
▪ female , feminine , manly , masculine
▪ easy
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women of easy ~ (= with low standards of sexual morality)
VERB + VIRTUE
▪ have , possess
▪
Her book has the cardinal ~ of simplicity.
▪ embody
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Philippe embodies the French ~s of charm and grace.
▪ cultivate , practise/practice
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He taught his children to practise/practice the ~s of temperance and chastity.
▪ espouse , extol , preach , promote , tout ( esp. AmE )
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He never stops extolling the ~s of the free market.
▪ inculcate , teach
▪ celebrate
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a story celebrating the ~s of democracy
PHRASES
▪ make a ~ of necessity (= to manage to gain an advantage from sth you have to do and cannot avoid)
▪ a paragon of ~
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It would have taken a paragon of ~ not to feel jealous.