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self-seriousness en · NOUN

Etymology

From self- + seriousness or self-serious + -ness.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The state of being self-serious.
    • The types that started using “-maxxing” in earnest often did so with such hectoring self-seriousness that it was impossible not to parody. 2025 October 11, Nitsuh Abebe, “The Suffix That Tells Us to Ruthlessly Optimize Everything”, in The New York Times Magazine, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 Oct 2025: