FLIPPANCY

n. 1 frivolousness, facetiousness, levity, light-heartedness, frivolity, jocularity, offhandedness, unseriousness I was chagrined that she should treat my proposal of marriage with such flippancy 2 disrespect, disrespectfulness, impudence, impertinence, irreverence, sauciness, rudeness, discourtesy, brazenness, brashness, pertness, insolence, Colloq cheek, cheekiness, lip, mouth, Slang Brit side The headmaster will not tolerate flippancy on serious subjects such as religion and race relations