Ulrich Oswald wrote: > > Gary, > > I am thinking of a russian expression for désinvolture. What would you > think about nyevovlekanye - "not to get involvedmanship" ? > > Ulrich ******************** Wait a minute. Now I see what you mean: ne + vovlekanye. It is Slavic: non + attraction. But this would mean "unattractiveness" more than it would mean "unattractedness."
Another possibility is the word used by the Bolsheviks to attack intellectuals who did not show the proper enthusiasm for their programs: "otorvannost'" --non-rootedness. As in the phrase "rootless cosmopolitans," etc. used to attack Jews. GK
