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incuriosity

incuriosity noun: the quality or state of lacking curiosity.

Noun

incuriosity (uncountable)

  1. The quality or state of lacking curiosity.
    • But he wasn’t a model populist because liberal intellectuals disdained him, which is what apologists for Bush’s apparent incuriosity […] have sometimes tried to claim.2009 January 18, Ross Douthat, “When Buckley Met Reagan”, in New York Times
    • The people in these commercials are motivated by laziness and incuriosity, even when it comes to the most intimate of concerns.2025 June 25, Ismail Muhammad, “Why Does Every Commercial for A.I. Think You’re a Moron?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Origin of incuriosity

From incurious + -ity, from Latin incuriositas.

Questions about incuriosity

What does incuriosity mean?
Incuriosity means the quality or state of lacking curiosity.
What part of speech is incuriosity?
Incuriosity is a noun.

Words near incuriosity in the dictionary

  1. incurability
  2. incurable
  3. incurableness
  4. incurables
  5. incurably
  6. incuriosity
  7. incurious
  8. incuriously
  9. incuriousness
  10. incurment
  11. incurments

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