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obliviousness

[uh-bliv-ee-uhs-nis] / əˈblɪv i əs nɪs /




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The memory, and the blissful obliviousness it conjured, became the image at the center of the title track.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026

“That reflects Herod’s obliviousness to the richness of nature. For me, he is one of these people who violate not only other people but the earth itself.”

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 18, 2024

Identifying behaviors that make us recoil, like self-absorption and obliviousness, requires an ironic amount of self-reflection.

From New York Times ● Jun. 3, 2023

Someday this chapter may be viewed as fascinating for its obliviousness and, from a public relations standpoint, its recklessness.

From Salon ● Apr. 25, 2023

Jefferson’s posture throughout the drawn-out counting of the electoral votes remained a combination of studied indifference and calculated obliviousness.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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