unseriousness

noun

as in flippancy

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  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
  • 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
  • One of his many achievements is that Max made an uncomfortable subject more visible—through levity, through gravity, and through beauty.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Other prominent figures have been received with levity when their stories have unravelled in public.
    — Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 19 Aug. 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
  • That gives our pizza this nice balance, this lightness and this strong structure.
    — Bradley Alvelo, CNBC, 22 Aug. 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 lightness
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