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Flippancy: meaning, example and synonyms

Flippancyn. An inappropriately casual or joking attitude toward serious matters.

Flashcard for Flippancy (noun): an inappropriately casual or joking attitude toward serious matters. Example: The committee was dismayed by the flippancy of the consultant, who joked about the contaminated wells while residents described their illnesses. Synonyms: frivolity, levity, glibness, facetiousness. Antonyms: seriousness, gravity, solemnity, earnestness. Memory tip: Flip a coin over a grave issue: flippancy treats it lightly. Illustration: a man in a suit grinning and lounging back in his chair at a meeting table while the other fully clothed attendees stare at him with grave faces.

Example

The committee was dismayed by the flippancy of the consultant, who joked about the contaminated wells while residents described their illnesses.

Part of speech
noun
Synonyms
frivolity, levity, glibness, facetiousness
Antonyms
seriousness, gravity, solemnity, earnestness
Memory tip
Flip a coin over a grave issue: flippancy treats it lightly.

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Question 1

When asked how the lab had lost a year of samples, the director shrugged and quipped that freezers have bad days too, and his ______ enraged the scientists who had collected them.

Question 2

The historian warned that treating centuries of famine with ______, as some popular writers did by turning it into punchlines, trivialized the suffering of millions.

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