frivolity

The vulgar kitsch of “The Housemaid” is its silly secret weapon, and it’s Seyfried who stays reloading the ammunition, making sure that this hefty dose of frivolity is as unforgettable as its conventionally prestigious contemporaries.

From Salon ● Jan. 31, 2026

This is what political scientists call "tactical frivolity".

From BBC ● Dec. 27, 2025

Meanwhile, fashion—that is, clothing that changes for the sake of change—became associated with frivolity and femininity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025

The coincidences and twists fit together, but there’s no deeper reason why this story had to be set in the beauty industry except that it’s a business built on facade, fantasy and seeming frivolity.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2024

I knew she was agonizing over the consequences of my frivolity.

From "Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High" by Melba Pattillo Beals

Presumably, both sexes have been players in such nightclub frivolities as “helium balloon singalongs, psychedelic projections and nursery-style games with building blocks”—amusements that were popular in the 1960s at Cerebrum, a club in New York.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

The navy did not want its midshipmen wasting their time on such frivolities.

From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2025

In 1431, the ecumenical Council of Basel ordered the deans and rectors of churches to expel "frivolities" and "profane abuses" from holy buildings, but implicitly allowed them to take place in the squares outside.

From Salon ● Dec. 24, 2024

Yet it’s often the case — now as then — that expressions of personal style among serious people are deemed frivolities.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 21, 2023

Madame Bougainsky is a very clever young woman, equally well acquainted with our literary works as with our Parisian frivolities.

From Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. by Xavier Hommaire de Hell