Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Dutch term or phrase:
vrijblijvendheid
English translation:
lack of commitment, disengagement
Dutch term
"I was surprised by the speed & quality"
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, German to English, Dutch to English, and 3 more.
vrijblijvendheid
Er bestaat geen paradigma meer... een toestand die... makkelijk zou kunnen leiden tot een zekere vrijblijvendheid.
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Proposed translations
Netherlands
Experienced, customer focused translator
Native in: Dutch (Variant: Netherlands) 
Works in: English to Dutch, German to Dutch
noncommittal attitude
Encouraged by Warhol's queerly noncommittal attitude, Solanas is convinced he will produce her play.
informality
1 informaliteit
ongedwongenheid, vrijheid, vrijblijvendheid, onvormelijkheid
Portugal
E-mail: [email protected]
Native in: Dutch
Works in: English to Dutch, Dutch to English, Portuguese to Dutch, and 1 more.
casualness
another option....
United Kingdom
Highest WWA rating in Europe for NL-EN
Native in: English
Works in: Dutch to English, Hebrew to English
lack of assertiveness
non-commitment
Non-commitment leaves us with an unsavoury feeling.
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Max Nuijens
2 hrs
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Kitty Brussaard
: Or 'lack of commitment' as suggested by Tina above
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Els Spin
4 hrs
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sense that nothing matters
Nietzsche said it already: when nothing is prohibited, nothing is possible.
France
Cultural heritage, visual arts, food
Native in: English
Works in: Dutch to English, English
disconnection
an uncomfortable feeling of disconnection
United States
Experienced, reliable, detail-oriented
Native in: Dutch
Works in: English to Dutch, Dutch to English
meaninglessness
noncomittal
vacant, vacuity
trivial
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/meaninglessness
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Note added at 2 hrs (2008-11-13 21:15:11 GMT)
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QUOTE: [“Waar in de kunst, als resultaat van het afscheid van de geschiedenis, de zo vaak bezongen totale vrijheid gevierd wordt van het anything goes, gaat dit onveranderlijk gepaard met een onbehaaglijk gevoel van vrijblijvendheid, dat die vrijheid veel van haar luister ontneemt. (…) Men kan zich neerleggen bij de post-historische paralyse..."
Er bestaat geen paradigma meer... een toestand die... makkelijk zou kunnen leiden tot een zekere vrijblijvendheid.]
Anders gezegd: als kunst zich loskoppelt van geschiedenis/context (i.e. dialoog daarmee) en zich overgeeft aan "anything goes," dan onstaat er een gevoel van vrijblijvendheid: er is geen paradigma meer.
Zonder paradigma (context, een "domein waarbinnen bepaalde regels gelden") worden zaken betekenisloos. Kunst onleent betekenis aan de context waarin het bestaat....
Vrijblijvende kunst is expressie zonder context.
Je kunt zeggen van vrijblijvende kunst wat je wilt, maar aangezien het vrijblijvend is, is er geen grond voor (extrerne) aanspreekbaarheid...
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Textpertise
: Not quite meaningless. Noncommittal is better. Not willing to commit to any meaning which may be there. Not necessarily trivial either. You can be vrijblijvend about things which matter a lot.
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writeaway
: how do you arrive at meaninglessness?
1 hr
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een optie. zie noot
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irrelevance, obsololeteness, randomness
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Note added at 4 hrs (2008-11-13 23:06:00 GMT)
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maybe even "unsubstantial"...
Netherlands
Dutch & German to English
Native in: English (Variants: British, UK, Irish, US, Australian, Canadian, New Zealand)
Works in: German to English, Dutch to English, Flemish to English, and 1 more.
take-it-or-leave-it attitude
-> "Crucially, then, for advocates of antitheatricalism ... the theatre's "take it or leave it" attitude means that theatrical mimesis is not subject to verification"
http://url.ie/w4x (Google Books link)
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