lightheartedness en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- lītʹhär't(ĭ)d-nĕs
Etymology
From lighthearted (adjective) (any sense) + -ness (suffix forming nouns).
Meanings
- (uncountable) The state of being lighthearted, joyous, cheerful, without a care.
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(countable) An amusement or item of a pleasant but inconsequential nature.
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.
2009, Mica Pollock, Colormute: Race Talk Dilemmas in an American School, →ISBN, page x:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| light-heartedness | alternative | lexicographic | |
| lightheartednesses | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Relateds
Synonyms
carefreedom · playfulness · carefreeness · amusement (an amusement) · cheerfulness · pleasantry · joyousness
Translations (4)
pl wesołość (the state of being joyous, cheerful) · es ligereza (the state of being joyous, cheerful) · pl beztroska (the state of being joyous, cheerful) · mi hiwa (the state of being joyous, cheerful)