Lightheartedness

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The state of being lighthearted, joyous, cheerful, without a care. uncountable
  2. 2
    the cheerful feeling you have when nothing is troubling you wordnet
  3. 3
    An amusement or item of a pleasant but inconsequential nature. countable

    "I focus on communal descriptive problems—what I call American race talk dilemmas—rather than on all the lightheartednesses and small triumphs of daily life at Columbus."

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carefreenessairinessamusementbouncebuoyancycarefreedom

Example

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"Lightheartedness about important suggestions can lead to serious oversights."

Etymology

From lighthearted (adjective) (any sense) + -ness (suffix forming nouns).

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