pococurantism

  • 41torpor — n 1. inactivity, inertia, stagnation, supineness, Archaic. lentitude, (in the Middle East) kef; life lessness, inanimateness, inanimation, deadness. 2. dormancy, dormience, latency; sleepiness, slumber, drowsiness, doziness, somnolence. 3.… …

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  • 42unconcern — n indifference, insouciance, apathy, disinterest, disinterestedness; aloofness, distantness, remoteness, haughtiness, being above it all, Inf. not giving a damn, Sl. not caring a fig or a hoot in hell; nonchalance, pococurantism, lukewarmness,… …

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  • 43pococurante — /poʊkoʊkjuˈrænti/ (say pohkohkyooh rantee) noun 1. a careless or indifferent person. –adjective 2. caring little; indifferent; nonchalant. {Italian poco little + curante caring, from Latin curans, present participle} –pococurantism, noun …

  • 44boredom — [n] disinterest; weariness apathy, detachment, disgust, distaste, doldrums, dullness, ennui, fatigue, flatness, incuriosity, indifference, irksomeness, jadedness, lack of interest, lassitude, lethargy, listlessness, monotony, pococurantism,… …

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  • 45pococurante —   a.,n. (person) lacking interest; indifferent; apathetic.    ♦ pococurantism, n …

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  • 46pococurante — [pō΄kō ko͞o ran′tē, pō΄kōkyo͞oran′tē] adj. [It poco curante < poco (< L paucus, little: see FEW) + curante, prp. of curare, to care < L cura, care: see CURE] caring little; indifferent; apathetic n. an indifferent or apathetic person… …

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  • 47pococurante — |pōkōkyə|rantē adjective Etymology: Italian poco curante caring little, from poco little + curante caring (present participle of curare to care), from Latin curant , curans, present participle of curare to take care of, heal more at cure : not… …

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