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How to pronounce flippancy in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms light-mindedness
Type of levity
Derivation flippant

Examples of flippancy

flippancy
Though the board found him innocent, the board did reprimand him for flippancy.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The flippancy with which Hollywood switches villains is profoundly depressing.
From the independent.co.uk
Wit and humor, irony and sarcasm, flippancy, and gravitas all come into play.
From the forbes.com
Humor and flippancy are also easy ways to offend or alienate the recently unemployed.
From the forbes.com
Hurt and Fox must be purged of their aggressiveness, their flippancy, their maleness.
From the time.com
It amazes me how Christian statists quote Jesus'words in Matthew 22 with such flippancy.
From the infowars.com
All flippancy aside though, I really thought it was not even average.
From the guardian.co.uk
I think the flippancy of the authors comments suggest a very unscientific anthropocentrism.
From the guardian.co.uk
Flippancy aside, it's shocking the confusion about cloud computing.
From the guardian.co.uk
More examples
  • Inappropriate levity; "her mood changed and she was all lightness and joy"
  • A disrespectful levity or pertness especially in respect to grave or sacred matters
  • (flippant) glib; nimble; limber; Lacking respect or seriousness, showing levity; pert
  • (flippant) Having a light, pert, trifling disposition.
  • Impertinencia; petulancia; ligereza; falta de seriedad