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| name = Sprezzatura | | name = Sprezzatura | ||
| also = law of least effort, effortlessness | | also = law of least effort, effortlessness | ||
Revision as of 09:15, 18 September 2026
 Chess (Commons). Sprezzatura is hiding the work after you did it.
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| Field | Fundamentals |
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| Also known as | law of least effort, effortlessness |
| Origin | Castiglione, The Book of the Courtier (1528); reused by Chase Amante |
Sprezzatura is practiced ease: doing the difficult thing as if it cost nothing. Amante lists it under social Attractiveness fundamentals as "minding the Law of least effort." In pickup it is the opposite of trying-too-hard — the visible sweat that turns a DHV into a DLV. [1]
See also
References
- ↑ Pickup artist. Wikipedia. Retrieved 11 September 2026.