casualness

English

Etymology

From casual +‎ -ness.

Noun

casualness (usually uncountable, plural casualnesses)

1. The state of being casual.
2. A relaxed and nonchalant attitude.
   • 1997, Michael L. Frankel, Cruising the Gulags:

     The controlled way in which Germans and other northern Europeans approach life is quite different from the casualness that characterizes American attitudes.

Hyponyms

• the English vice (equanimity in the face of corruption, &c.)