Literary notes about disregard (AI summary)
The term “disregard” in literature is often employed to denote the intentional neglect or dismissal of conventions, duties, or norms, thus serving as a lens through which authors explore both personal and societal transgressions. For instance, it is used to illustrate a deliberate departure from established traditions in pursuit of originality [1] and to convey a callous negation of moral and civic responsibilities [2, 3]. In some texts, such a dismissal carries heavier ethical implications, reflecting on the broader consequences of ignoring one’s obligations or the rights of others [4, 5]. Meanwhile, its application in contexts ranging from rhetorical defiance to introspective self-neglect [6, 7] underscores the term’s versatility in critiquing as well as illuminating aspects of human behavior and societal dynamics [8, 9, 10].
- It illustrates the caprices of design which sometimes resulted from the disregard of tradition and the striving after originality (273 A.D. ).
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson - “in utter disregard of their plain duty,” it said.
— from Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad - Then her absolute disregard for her duties as a wife angered him.
— from The Awakening, and Selected Short Stories by Kate Chopin - e crime of suicide lies rather in its disregard for the feelings of those whom we leave behind.
— from Howards End by E. M. Forster - I shall probably be charged with an unwarrantable, if not a wanton and reckless disregard of the rights and properties of private life.
— from My Bondage and My Freedom by Frederick Douglass - Thirty carts could not save all the wounded and in the general catastrophe one could not disregard oneself and one’s own family.
— from War and Peace by graf Leo Tolstoy - It is odd, too, how speedily I came to disregard these little people.
— from The Time Machine by H. G. Wells - It is an old observation that the best writers sometimes disregard the rules of rhetoric.
— from The Elements of Style by William Strunk - An inflexibility of purpose, an absolute disregard of popular opinion, and an unswerving belief in their own capacity, were predominant in both.
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson - Nothing in the whole of Van Buren's history exhibits a more foolish disregard of public sentiment, or led to a greater disaster.
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson
