flippancy

flip·pancy

the quality or state of being flippant
pl. -·cies a flippant act or remark

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Noun

(plural flippancies)

A disrespectful levity or pertness especially in respect to grave or sacred matters.

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On the other hand, purchasing one of these suitcases may actually help to curb some of that flippancy and be a wonderful gift for a child.
A warning to avoid flippancy in future was, however, the worst that happened to him.
Mrs. Thrale rallied him, soothed him, coaxed him, and if she sometimes provoked him by her flippancy, made ample amends by listening to his reproofs with angelic sweetness of temper.

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