unseriousness

noun

as in flippancy

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unseriousness
  1. flippancy
  2. frivolousness
  3. frivolity
  4. lightheartedness
  5. levity
  6. superficiality
  7. lightness
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
  • Let effort speak louder than frivolousness.
    — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 10 Apr. 2026
Definition of frivolousness
Noun
  • Photographer Phil Oh captures the drama and frivolity in Paris as designers present their latest couture collections.
    — Phil Oh, Vogue, 7 July 2026
  • There is also a modular set so that the party literally shifts and revolves and let the audience perceive the frivolities from multiple perspectives.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 5 July 2026
Definition of frivolity
Noun
  • That lightheartedness quickly evolved into the NFL’s biggest off-field competition.
    — Karla Cote, Variety, 15 May 2026
  • In a film that nimbly walks the tightrope between lightheartedness and weightlessness, Jerry and Mabel’s antagonistic relationship ends up proving the unexpected core of the story.
    — Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 2 Mar. 2026
Definition of lightheartedness
Noun
  • Even with more levity and laughs than is typical for a Game of Thrones show, the world of Westeros can really only get so lighthearted.
    — Joe Reid, Vulture, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Mason highlights – with levity and humor – how erroneous ideas, gullibility, and blinders can lead even people who should know better down rabbit holes.
    — Monitor reviewers, Christian Science Monitor, 23 July 2026
Definition of levity
Noun
  • When literature becomes valuable primarily as social aesthetic, the danger is not superficiality alone.
    — Madelyn Johnson, Literary Hub, 24 July 2026
  • The superficiality of dating apps has only deepened his frustrations, and Viall wants to tilt the odds in his favor.
    — Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 27 June 2026
Definition of superficiality
Noun
  • What character does is govern how a person understands and inhabits these qualities with humanity, with justice, with humility, with the appropriate lightness of not confusing oneself for one’s category.
    — Mary Crossan, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
  • And thanks to the lightness of the design, this sofa will also never look too heavy or oversized for your living room.
    — Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 16 July 2026
Definition of lightness
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“Unseriousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unseriousness. Accessed 5 Aug. 2026.

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