menfotisme

Catalan

Alternative forms

Etymology

From (se) me'n fot (“I don't give a damn, I couldn't care less”) +‎ -isme (“-ism”). Compare French je-m’en-foutisme, Italian menefreghismo.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [məɱ.fuˈtiz.mə]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [meɱ.foˈtiz.me]
  • Rhymes: -izme
  • Hyphenation: men‧fo‧tis‧me

Noun

menfotisme m (uncountable) (colloquial)

  1. indifference, carefreeness, couldn't-care-less attitude, whateverism
    • 2019, David De Montserrat Nono, Juli Gutiérrez Deulofeu, L'home que no llegia els diaris‎, Columna, →ISBN:
      Fa set anys que volta per Occitània en una França que ell observa entre la commiseració, el menfotisme i un punt de burla imperial.
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