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flagrancy

flagrancy

8.2
An open, shocking act that is wrong or offensive
  • noun
  • /ˈfleɪɡrəntsi/
  • Formal
translation icon : flagrancia
  • the flagrancy of it

Examples

  • The law's flagrancy in allowing the pollution to continue for years angered many residents.

  • I dabbed my lip with the towel, ignoring the flagrancy of the scene.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • Those sandwiches had been her first idea of physical passion, the drip and warp of love, its redolent flagrancy.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • Her decision to cheat on the exam revealed a flagrancy that surprised even her closest friends.

  • The flagrancy of his actions during the meeting made it clear he had no respect for the rules.

Synonyms

offensiveness
vsflagrancy
2 6.7

A quality that makes people feel hurt or angry

is more about being openly shocking rather than only offending feelings
blatancy
vsflagrancy
1 8.3

Being very obvious in a way that annoys or offends people

is about being openly shocking rather than merely obvious
egregiousness
vsflagrancy
  • Formal
1 9.8

A quality of being very bad and shocking

focuses more on open shocking quality rather than plain badness
repugnancy
vsflagrancy
9.5

Something that causes strong disgust or makes people feel offended

is more about public blatant wrongness and shock than private disgust

Antonyms

subtlety
54 6.8

A small important detail that is hard to notice

How Flagrant

egregiousness
  • Formal
1 9.8
flagrancy
  • Formal
8.2

Surface Forms

flagrancy singular
flagrancies plural

Morphology

flagrancy = flagrant (transparent) = flagrant + cy

The noun 'flagrancy' is transparently derived from the adjective 'flagrant' by adding the suffix '-cy', indicating a state or quality.

Etymology

Flagrancy comes from the Latin verb flagrare, which means 'to burn'. Think of a bright flame you cannot hide that draws everyone's eye, so flagrancy means the open, shocking quality of being obviously wrong or offensive.