Impudence vs Flippancy - What's the difference?
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The quality of being impudent, not showing due respect.
Impudent language, conduct or behavior.
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, title=The Mirror and the Lamp
, chapter=2 A disrespectful levity or pertness especially in respect to grave or sacred matters.
Impudence is a related term of flippancy.
As nouns the difference between impudence and flippancy
is that impudence is the quality of being impudent, not showing due respect while flippancy is a disrespectful levity or pertness especially in respect to grave or sacred matters.impudence
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(-)citation, passage=That the young Mr. Churchills liked—but they did not like him coming round of an evening and drinking weak whisky-and-water while he held forth on railway debentures and corporation loans. Mr. Barrett, however, by fawning and flattery, seemed to be able to make not only Mrs. Churchill but everyone else do what he desired. And if the arts of humbleness failed him, he overcame you by sheer impudence .}}