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Definition of Flippant in Context in Visual Thesaurus

Definition of Flippant and flippancy in visual thesaurus together with synonyms and antonyms with real examples to enrich your academic vocabulary /ˈflɪp.ənt/ (adj) Definition not taking an important issue seriously in order to look humorous or amusing, showing a lack of seriousness, frivolous, tongue in cheek, jockey, disrespectful, facetious, glib, not showing proper and expected seriousness, cheeky Example Frivolous can be used as a negative, but it's also quite commonly used in the context of pursuing something that may be entertaining or fun, but has no practical value -- for example, a frivolous purchase would be something you buy that ...

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