UNSERIOUSNESS Synonyms: 41 Similar and Opposite Words

unseriousness

noun

as in flippancy

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Noun

Or how being late or canceling at the last minute is treated with less flippancy than in America.

— Catherine Heald, Travel + Leisure, 22 June 2026
Spaar’s colloquial flippancies only reinforces her fervency.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 May 2026

Definition of flippancy

Noun

There is much fun and frivolity at the Witch and Culture Festival, but the event also acknowledges some distressing real-life history that goes along with being (or being suspected of being) a witch in Connecticut.

— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 3 Aug. 2026
Photographer Phil Oh captures the drama and frivolity in Paris as designers present their latest couture collections.

— Phil Oh, Vogue, 7 July 2026

Definition of frivolity

Noun

Often derided by critics during its initial airing, the show’s silliness and lightheartedness has continued to stand the test of time.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 5 Aug. 2026
That lightheartedness quickly evolved into the NFL’s biggest off-field competition.

— Karla Cote, Variety, 15 May 2026

Definition of lightheartedness

Noun

Gradually for us, but with terrifying suddenness for Amy, a third mode arises from the dialectic that Leigh creates between the weight of her job and the levity of her friendship with Rosie.

— David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2026
But far from being a joy-killer, she’s guided by inventiveness and levity.

— Will Dukes, Rolling Stone, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of levity

Noun

In Los Angeles, that air of superficiality and the exclusivity that comes with it have been magnified, which has been a tough pill for Elizabeth to swallow.

— Selena Fragassi, SPIN, 7 Sep. 2026
Here, luxury is instead about embracing color and lightness, which, as Italian writer Italo Calvino said, is never superficiality.

— Valentina Lonati, Architectural Digest, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of superficiality

Noun

While the film’s logline hints at something a bit darker — a young woman makes her way through the rarefied world of New York literary mags in the years before #MeToo is even a glimmer — there’s a real lightness to the final film.

— Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 9 Sep. 2026
Gloria somehow held the urgency of it all without ever losing her lightness.

— Emma Watson, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of lightness

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